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Send 10 cents in stamps to John Sebas-
tlan, General Passenger Agent c., r. l. g.
p. railway, Chicago, for the slickest pack
Of playing cards you ever handled, and on
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UneQuaIed Service

Denver to Chicago, via Kansas City, IL
given via the Union Pacific and Chicago s.
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Through Pullman Sleepers, Pullman Din.
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leave Denver daily. The Union Pacific Is
the great through car line Of the West.
Ask your nearest ticket agent for tickets
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HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSION
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Via Santa 70 ROute-The Home Road.
On February and 10, March 2 and l6,
April 6 and 90, May and Is, the Santa Fe
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day or Friday within final limit Of twenty
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$50, or on Cromwell & JefEers, ct postoflce,
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81 HOURS TO CALIFORNIA.

Santa Fe ROute--CallROFnia Limited.
Leaves Chicago $50 p. m Wednesdays and
Saturdays, Kansas City $50 a. M, Topeka
11:9S a. m, and Denver $50 p. m, Thurs
days and Sundays, reaching Los Angeles
ffty-four hours and San Diego in fifty-eight
hours from Topeka. Connecting train for
San Francisco, with through sleeping car
reservations, via Mojave. Returns leaving
California Mondays and Thursdays, and
passing through Topeka eastbOund at $3.50
p. m. Thursdays and Sundays,
Equipment Of superb vestibuled Pullman
palace sleepers, buffet smoking car and
dining car. Most luxurious service via
any line.
Another express train, carrying palace
and tourist sleepers, leaves Chicago, To-
peka and Kansas City daily for California.
For additional information call on w. G.
Garvey, agent, at passenger depot, foot Of
Fifth street, Topeka (Telephone 6S2), or on
Cromwell g. Jeffers, in postoflce, North
Topeka Telephone 364.)
w. @. GARvEY, Agent.
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key to the character Of the Mckinley
administration. 1t shows that every de-
mand Of the National banks will be
granted, and that everything for which
the financiers Of the country paid when
they contributed 80 literally TO the cam
paign fund will be given to them. There
never was 90 clear a case Of bargain and
sale. Mr.. Gage is now past 60. He has
been one Of the chief benefciaries OF the
National banking system during the
greater part OF his career. When the
war broke out and patriots we're hurry
ing to the front, Mr.. Gage remained in
the safe seclusion of his National bank
parlor. He now declares that the entire
control Of our National finances should
be made over to the National banks, and
he is bitterly opposed to postal savings
banks.
It was very unbecoming act in Mr..
Mckinley to select such man for the
Secretaryship Of the Treasury. There
are two parties contending over the cur
renoy, one the people, the other the
flnanciers. Mr.. Mckinley should have
given the treasury to an independent
man, and not to one of the partisans
Mr.. Gage declares with enthusiasm that
Grover Cleveland is a great man, and
that he would gladly vote for him for
President. Mr.. Gage is, however, sim
ply typical Of the Mckinley administrs-
tion which will continue the policy Of
Clevelandism. The corporations are to
receive every concession they ask for
The millionslres will have, as heretofore,
special privileges. The railroads may
plunder the people at will. And should
the discomfort of labor assume an acute
form, the army will be summoned to
shoot down the striker wherever he
may be.
1t is never possible to refute prophet
and we have no intention Of indulging
in prophecy. It is not prophecy to call
attention to the n0n-populsr character
which the Mckinley administration gives
promise of assuming The next Presi-
dent reveals plainly his purpose Of look
ing out for the interests Of property
rather than for the interests of the peo.
pie. Already the finsnciers Of Wall
street are indulging in loud praise OF
him. Every National banker Of note in
New York has expressed bis delight at
the appointment Of Gage, The Indian
apolis conference, composed Of bankers,
need have no doubt that it's revision Of
the currency system in the interest OF
the fnanciers will be warmly supported
by the new administration. Carlisle
has seemed bad enough, but he cannot
hold 8 candle to Gage ge.-1tOentieth Cen.
tlCTy.
The advocate., 1897-02-17
The Appointment of Gage.

The announcement that Mr.. McKin-
ley has selected one Of the wealthiest
and most eminent Of National bank Off
cials to be his Secretary of the Treasury
is very significant. The choice of Mr..
Lyman J. Gage for this Office gives us a
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sleepers Kansas City to Lincoln; through
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shorter than other lines from Kansas City.
Through sleepers aud chair cars Mis-
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line beyond for Colorado, Utah and Cali
fornia.
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lished through lines OF the Burlington
Route.
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St. Louis, Mo.
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The diamond jubilee was transferred
from London streets to the palace and
opera. The queen returned to Wind
sor. where she received the lords and
commoners.
Cuban insurgents captured 80 Span
ish guerillas and hanged them at Palo
Prieto.
Capt. Gen. Weyler left Havana for
Santiago de Cuba province and 10000
men will be at his command.
Native troops massacred Baron
Dhanis. the Belgian leader of fAe Congo
expedition against the Mahdists, and his
force of 5000 men.
Some 5000 denizens of the slums of
London were guests of the princess of
Wales. II was the occasion of the iubi-
lee dinners to the poor. At Windsor
the lords of the admiralty and all the
admirals of the foreign ships were re-
ceiyed by the queen. The celebration is
virtually ended.
Advices say that nine villages have
been looted and wholly or partly
burned by Turks in the province of
Thessaly.
Russia will not. it is said, join In
JaTan's protest against the annexation
of Hawaii by the United States.
The famous novelist and historical
writer. Mrs. Margaret O. Oliphant, died
in London. aged 7Oyears.
The Christians were attacked by Mus
sulmans in Crete and number were
killed on both sides.
The celebration of Queen Victoria's
diamond jubilee closed with a magnifi-
cent naval display.
The plan Of the New York Herald TO
raise funds 20 pay Mark TwaIn's debts
has been rejected by the humorist.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
EoR levEE IMPROVEMENT.
Millions of Dollars Needed 40 Repair
the Missfssippf Banks.

New York, June 25.--The Missis-
sippi river commission convened in the
Army building here Thursday and i'm
mediateiy went into executive session
to deliberate on and possibly make some
change in the annual report OF the
commission.
Nearly all the delegates who adj
dressed the board dilaied on the mil
lions that had been expended since the
levees were constructed. They told of
the enormous amount Of taxes raised 10
defray the expense of keeping up the
leyees. and nearly all of them com
planned of empty treasures, devastated
lands and an impaired credit. They all
stated that they had gone 10 the limit
of taxation. They declared that il was
absurd TO tax land owners who
had lost everything by floods II was
shown how impossible il was Ia issue
bonds. The whole burden of the argu-
ment was the necessity of the govern
nient's lending helping hand. With
the lesces repaired and the land protect
ed no additional help would be required.
Mr.. Sellers. OF Mississippi dover dis
trict), stated that I would require H.
100000 yards of earth to repair the
damage done. The estimate made of
expenditure by districts ranged from
100000 to Sl1, 000.0
Many of the delegates told of the
benefit of the 100000 Immediately
made ava table by congress out of the
s., 933,333 appropriated. The state
ment was made that there was no leyee
capable of sustaining another flood like
that which has passed. All the levee
districts represented had reports of
the districts made since the flood.
Engineer Startling. of the upper Mis-
sissippi district, stated it would require
II 100000 yards of dirt to repair dam
age done by the last flood. He said
that two-thirds of the levees were ''rot-
ten" being made of rails with loose
dirt between. uesaid S140,0 900 was spent
during the last flood by the districts.
Mr.. Startling claimed that his district
was the worst on the Mississippi.
Many of the delegates pointed out that
the frst-class levees resisted the en-
croachments of the flood. Judge Prin-
dell, of Arkansas, maintained that the
Mississippi was a great national high
way and should be protected by the ma
tional government.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01

The following murderers were exc
cuted: James Pollard (colored) at st.
JOSEPH, Mo-. for killing Joseph Irwin;
Clark Lewis, at Fayetteville, Ca. for
the murder of Charles Gibson; Terrell
Hudson (colored) at Decatur. Ca, for
taking the life of Seaborn Malcolm;
al.1 James Williamson. at Wharton,
Tex, for completely in the murder of
the Croker family.
In a pasture al Napoleon, o., Johnnie.
the famous PAGER, broke his neck. He
was owned by w. II. Barnes. OF Sioux
City. Ia. and was valued at $4,000.
On the Wabash railroad passenger
train went through trestle near Mis-
scuri City, Mo-, and seven persons were
Hi led and 10 others were badly injured.
At Millersburg. o., picnic train col
lided with passenger train and seven
young men were terribly injured and
other persons were badly hurt.
Fire destroyed the Ernst rice mills in
New Orleans, the loss being S15O.OOO.
In quarrel at Galena, Kan. Ed Mar.
tin shot and killed John johnson and
fatally vounded Claud futile.
Fire wiped out the Marshall;own Ta)
Evening Times-Repubhcan plant. Loss
about $4,000.
At Iron River. Wis. Dave Smith was
shot and instantly killed by Mrs. f. y.
! "1gley while attempting to force his
wa1 into her house.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01

Atlanta, Ca, June ga derrick on
the roof of new tuilding fell at one
o'clock Monday afternoon, knocking
three workmen from scaffolding on
the ninth story. Two of them were
dashed to instant death on the ground
1875 feet below. and the third was saved
in a most miraculous way. The killed
are: Palmetto Ayres (colored), aged
40, living at Austell; Charles Carcill
(colored), aged IS, of this city. Viii
liam Brown (white), carpenter, was cut
about the head and arms. Brown, by
the widest freak of luck, grasped one
of the derrick ropes as be shot through
the air AS the boom of the hosting
engine fell, the ropes on the tackle were
set in motion. one going up and the
other down. 1t was Browns good for
tune to catch the rope being drawn up
ward and he was hauled safely to the
roof.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
HE EssT.


At the intercollegiate boat race on
the Hudson river at POughkeepsie, \.
Y. Yale defeated Harvard and Cornell,
going the two miles IN nine minutes
and 1871 seconds.
In Boston F. r. Cordley & Co., stock
brokers. failed for S15O.0O0.
An appeal has been issued by the
Cuban league of New York asking for
financial aid in its patriotic efforts in
behalf of struggling Cuba.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 25th aggregated
S979. 269, 233, against s1,o54,145,233 the
..revious week. The increase compared
with the corresp 5nding week of 1880
was IS.
Cornell defeated Yale and Harvard
in the four-mile boat race at Pough'
keepsie, y. y. the time being 20:34
Yale was second.
Dispatches from yarious portions OF
I the country saw that there is no steI
I backward in business. improvements
/ continue gradual and prudently eau
/ tious as before. although in many
| branches evident where no signs of il
I appeared few days ago.
! In the National league the percentages
/ Of the baseball CLUB for the week ended
/ on the 27th were: Boston. .T2j: Balti
more. 200: Cincinnati. 653; New York
| $50. Brooklyn. SO; Pittsburgh, 500
| Cleveland. 400. Philadelphia, .463
Washington. APO: Louisville. $50; Chi
| cago. .3G5: St. Louis. .204.
The famous animal painter. Wilbur Fl
Iansit. died in Dorchester. Mass, ageG
/ A. years.
Rudolph I.auricks, of the Bay Stat
Nheelmen. broke every American ANA
| teur record from six TO twenty-five
miles in Boston and created new marks
[ from 25 to 80 mics
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
BELIEVES IN LABOR UNIONS.
Presidents Declaration Wade to or
fcers OF Federation.


Washington, June 25.-'1 regard the
organization of labor as the natural
and legitimate effort to secure its
rights" said President Mckinley. This
strong declaration in favor of organized
labor was made in the course of con-
versation at the white house Wednes-
day with Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, and
Frank Morrison, secretary of the or
ganization. For an hour labor's in
terests and labor legislation were dis
cussed in all their varied phases. The
anti-pooling bill to restrain the vera
ton of pools and trusts caused the Ia
Dor people some anxiety. President
Gompers explained that the labor
unicrs we're afraid that they themselves
would be classed as trusts and the pen
alties of the act applied TO them rather
than to the large combinations usually
known as trusts. lie thought an amend
ment should be made specifically ex-
empting labor unions.
President Mckinley agreed that the
labor unions should be protected and
spoke of measures in which he had
taken an interest in former years. lie
did not, however, seem to think there
was much danger of their being classed
as trusts or subjected to penalties.
UNLESS you believe as some people
do" said Mr.. Gompers, that labor
unions are an evil, think you will
agree with me that their existence
should not be endangered by this bill
81 do not desire to be classed with
those who consider trade unions an
evil" replied the president, and he fin
ished the sentence with the words
quoted at the beginning of this dis
match
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
Turks and Greek. Fight Again.

Canea, June 2s.-An armed force of
200 Mussulmans made a sortie from
Canea Saturd1v night, crossed the mill
ta~v Gordon and surprised the in
surgents at Kanlikastelli, three hours
distance. a desperate combat ensued
in which 10 Mussulmans were killed
and IL wounded. The Christian in
habitants of the district are preparing
TO make reprisals by land and sea.
Later advices show that many Chris
tians were killed, as well as many
Turks, in engagements that perceded
the principal fighting at Kanlikastelli.
The whole district is greatly excited.
The trouble arose from the encroach-
ments of the Mussulman refugees who
attempted TO pasture their cattle with
in the limits of the neutral zone.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
HFTY.FIFTH CONGRESS.


Proceedings of the Special session.
After a contest lasting throughout the
day the United States senate on the 23d
completed the paragraphs of the wool
schedule relating 10 raw wool and ad-
vanced into the features relating to
manufactured wooden goods. The time
was devoted largely to a discussion of
the effect of tariff rates in the price of
wool, and the speeches were on tech
nical lines in the main. Senator Morgan
introduced bill for the annexation of
the Hawaiian islands as a territory of
the United States in accordance with
the terms of the recently negotiated
treaty. The house was not IN session.
4 stubborn contest over the duties on
manufactured wooden goods occupied
the attention of the United States SEN
ate on the oath. II was a day of con-
slant roll calls and cross-fire debate.
Many amendments were proposed to re-
duce the rates, but these were rejected
| by decisive ma jorities. Less than five
| pages were disposed of during the day.
/ In the house Mr.. Foss, of Illinois, c he
/ half of his delegation. announced
the death of his colleague. Mr.. Cooke.
and a committee was appointed TO at
/ tend the funeral in Chicago. The house
adjourned to the 2sth.
The United States senate on the 25th
completed the wool schedule, the silk
schedule and the tobacco schedule of
the tariff bill. and. with this accom-
plished, all the schedules of the bill
and the free list had been gone over
| once. There now remains only TO go
/ through the bill a second time, passing
/ on the items passed over. Senator Hale
/ introduced a resolution restricting the
/ privileges of ex-senators on the floor
/ OF the senate to those not interested in
/ legislation and claims. and il was re-
Z ferred 10 the committee on rules. The
! house was not in session.
The United States serate started on
the 26th on its second considera-
+ ton of the tariff bill, the pur-
+ pose being TO dispose of all items
previously passed over. The para
! graphs discussed were in the chemical
and earthenware schedule, and failed "a
elicit more than technical debate. Sen
ator Pettigrew Is. d. was stricken
with paralysis of his vocal chords while
/ making a vehement speech. He was
taken to his hotel. and has partially re
\ covered his speech.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
prTH AND PolNT.


Mistress. = told you -: -. hour
ago to turn on the gas in the parlor,
Bridget" Bridgct-"Sure, an l did,
mum; don't yez smell it."-Tit-Bits.
When you hear man talking about
a "tip" that he has received il is not
always easy 10 determine whether
he is writer or only a bicyelist.-
Boston Transcript.
"A man is never safe" whats the
matter now?'' II answered an adver-
tisement offering light home work,
and ran upon my wife hunting a man TO
beat carpet. Chicago Record
Putting 1t Delicately.-"I hope you
appreciate the fact. sir. that in marry
ing my daughter you marry large
hearted, generous girl" Il do, sir
with emotion); and hope she inherits
those qualities from her father."-Har-
lem Life.
"A rural editor expressed his thanks
for basket of apples thus: I'VE have
received basket Of apples from our
friend Gus Bradley, for which he will
please accept CIR compliments. some
of which are nearly six inches in diam
eter."-Tit-Bits
Stern Party-"Well. sir. I don't
know as l am particularly DESTROYS Of
becoming your father-in-law. young
mani" Cholly Seele - "Er-eh-l
n-ee-never thought of that. You
w-wo-would b-be my father-in-law
wouldn't you? I g-guess Wen l-let the
-er-m-matter drop; g-good d-day."-
Truth.
The Customary Boast.-"There is q
gr at deal of animoSity in the harem
just now" said one of the gossips in
the Turkish court. 'Are the sultan's
wives quarreling?" inquired another
"Yes. Every one of them claims indi-
vidual credit for having made her hus
band the successful man he is to-day
Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-07-01
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
VIII be Named at Close of the Present
Session.


New York, June pa special from
Washington says: Speaker Reed will
name his committees the day the pres
ent session closes. This viii give each
chairman time to get his bills in shape
for filing, appoint his subcommittee
and have everything in shape for the
regular session of congress when it
meets in December. The list as it
stands to-day makes but few changes
in the chairmanships from those of the
last house. The chairmen of the most
important committees are given below:
Chair -1en selected: Accounts, p. b. Odell.
New York; agriculture, ]. W. Wadsworth,
New York; appropriations, ]. G.. Cannon.
Illinois; banking and currency. ]. I'll. Walk
er, Massachusetts; claims. c. y. BIumm,
Pennsylvania; coinage, weights and meas
ures, G. w. Stone. Pennsylvania; District
OF Columbia, ]. W. Babcock, Wisconsin;
education. G. A. Grow, Pennsylvania; cleo
tions No. 1, /. w. Royce, Indiana: cleo
lions No 2. G.. W. Prince, Illinois; election
OF president. vice president and represent
atives, w. c. Arnold, Pennsylvania; en-
rolled bills, Alva T.. Hagar, Iowa; foreign
affairs, r. r. Hit, Illinois: immigration
and naturalization, r. Bsrthold. Missouri
Indian affairs, ]. s. Sherman, New York:
lliltt Sldtr anu iOitlSn Commence " ilAltAAH
p Hepburn, Iowa; invalid pensions, Win
field s. Kerr. Ohio; Irrigation arid lands.
William r. Ellis, Oregon; judiciary, - II.
Henderson, Iowa; labor, j. ]. Gardner, New
Jersey; manufactures, George w. Faris,
Indiana: merchant marine and fisheries,
Serene e. Payne, New York; military, j.
a. It. Hull. Iowa; militia, r. f. Marsh. Illi-
nois; mines and mining, r. c. Cousins.
Iowa: naval affairs, C. A. Boutelle. Maine;
Pacific railroads, II. II. Powers. Vermont;
patents. Josiah u. Hicks, Pennsylvania
pensions, Il. c. Loudenslager. New Jer-
gey: post offices and post roads, Eugene #
Loud, California: public buildings and
grounds David ii. Mercer Nebraska; pub
lie lands. John f. Lacey, Iowa railways
and canals, c. A. Chickering, New York;
rivers and harbors. w. Il. Hooker, New
York; territories, William S. Knott, Mass
achusetts war claims. L. NJ. Mahon. Tenn