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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-28
ALASKA.
Gov. brady Makes His Annual Report



Washington. Oct. 23.-The report of
John G. Brady, governor of Alaska, for
the past fiscal year has been submitted
to the secretary of the interior. A sum
mary follows:
II estimates the present population at
5000 natives and 10000 whites: predicts
that with reindeer transportation mails
can be sent all over Alaska during the win
ter, and recommends that s1000o0 be ap-
propriatsd for government buildings and
10000 for schools. 1t says nothing has so
retarded Alaska's substantial growth as
the helplessness OF settlers 10 obtain titles
TO their homes on account of the failure OF
congress to extend the general land laws.
and urges congress TO create a commission
or five, one senator one represe ntative and
three bona fide Alaska residel ts to codify
laws for Alaska. The secretary OF the
treasury is urged to confine the hunting OF
sea otter to the natives, for. IF the white
man is not shut off at once the Aleuts will
have to be cared for by the government"
Reviewing gold operations. Gov. Brady
says: ship load after load of gold seekers
and their freight has been rushed to the ex-
IRENE limit OF salt water navigation lynn
canal, and there they have been literally
dumped upon the beach, some above high
water, and many below. as they learned to
their sorrow when the water covered them
as they slept. The gold seekers have had
terrible time. but they are brave, and
started out to endure hardship. AS class
they rank far above the average manhood
or the country. Skaguay is being built up
rapidly. Lumber is In demand, and lots
are selling as high as 1900 Americans are
anxious TO secure route to the Yukon
which shall be entirely upon United States
territory. Different parties are now out.
and are carefully examining the mountains
between Yakutat and Cook inlet. This Is
the third season OF the work in Cook inlet
The excitement over the Klondike has
drawn many away from that district;
nevertheless the output of gold this year
will be no mean sum. The possibilities Of
the whole region bordering upon this inlet
and upon Prince William sound will draw
crowds of adventurers in the near future. :"
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The EAST.

At Glen Cove. l.. l., the body of
Charles Anderson Dana was laid away
in ST. Paul's churchyard. Many prom
ineut men gathered TO pay the last re-
spects.
At the age Of So years j. F. Hartley,
ex-assistant secretary of the United
States treasury, died at Saco, Me-
Consul General Fitzhugh Lee an
nounces that he expects to return 20
Cuba about December and remain I'M
I'll the conclusion OF the war.
Not since 1892 has the potato crop of
the United States proved so nearly a
failure as this year.
In Boston the centennial of the
launching of the United States frigate
Constitution was celebrated
The gloucester (Mass) fleet lost II
vessels ard g men during the fishing
season now closed.
The death of John Murphy occurred
at Marlborough, Mass, aged 103 years
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 22d aggregated ST.
goo. 993, sSi. against 81 ,3O7. 9O7, 1s9 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1896
was 25.2
In the United States there were 224
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 22d. against 223 the week
previous and pa in the corresponding
eriOd of 1896.
In New York W. G.. Hitchcock & Co.,
dealers in silk. failed for S1,OO0,OOO.
Near Summerhill, Pa. four unknown
men were run down by an engine and
ground TO pieces.
At Princeton. y. J.. the one hundred
and fifty-first birthday of Princeton
university was celebrated and ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland read an address on the
'Self-Made Man"
Denial is made by Russell Sage Of the
report that he is at the head of pool
to- buy in the Union Pacific railroad.
On the New York Central & Hudson
River railroad an express train was
thrown from the track into the Hudson
river near Garrison's, Y. Y, and 2S lives
were lost. The track had been under
mined by high water.
\ conspiracy to murder Sheriff Mar
tin, who led the deputies who fired
upon and killed a score of strikers at
Lattimer. Pa, on September 10, is said
TO have been discovered.
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The News OF the Week.
By TELEoRAPH ANp tlArr-
FROM WASHINGTON.

An order has been issued by the sec
rotary OF war creating a military res
ervation in that part of Alaska lying
within a radious Of 80 miles of ST.
Michael
The president has determined not 10
consider any new consular appoint
ments until congress meets.
J. X. Taylor, of Pennsylvania, has
been appointed supervising architect OF
the treasury in Washington.
The president has asked Russell Sage,
Of New York, TO purchase the Union
Pacific railway on the basis OF satisfy
iag the full government claim in the
property.
In his annual report to the secretary
of war Gen. Wilson, chief of the en-
gineers of the army, estimates that
S5,s1O,O0O will be needed for coast de-
fenses for the years 1889 and s4s, Bps
600 for rivers and haT' ors.
President Mckinley has appointed
" X. Van Reypen TO be surgeon gen
eral Of the navy. 10 succeed Surgeon
General Bates. deceased.
First Assistant Postmaster-General
Heath in his annual report calls for an
appropriation of about $4,000, 900 for
the fiscal year ending June 80, ls9s.
In his annual report Gen. Miles, COM
handing general of the army, com
mends the efficiency of the army and
says that the maximum peace footing
should be ore enlisted man 10 every
1000 of population and the minimum
one TO every 1000.
Philip Hichborn, chief constructor of
the navy, in his annual report, says that
the strength Of the navy is 14l vessels.
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HIS CREDULOUS WIFE.
why He Taught Her TO Believe His
Tough stories.

MARY" saij. Mr.. Baneks TO his wife. as
he vent out with his friend after supper.
''if / were you | wouldn't let the children
play out much later
''Why, John. its not going to rain, is its''
asked Mrs. Brancks.
''No. But this is the season of the year
when the moC. ain lion and the bald eagle
are about, and trey might carry the chill
dren off p
That's so, said his wife. earnestly. Il
read only yesterday of a case OF a child that
was carried off by an eagle, but that vas in
Italy"
1T doesn't make any difference where it
happened-it might Just as well have besR
here. Eagles fly too high for the naked eye
TO discern them until they sweep down, and
then II Is too late
Mrs Bancks went to the door and Yelled
for the children, and Mr.. Baucks walked on
with his friend, who inquired:
You don't really believe in those vans
about eagles and mountain hons do you:"
NO. But my wife does. All summer
have had the sea serpent as an illustration,
but II s getting too late in the season for
that. 80 ] have fallen back on the other
part of the menagerie.
But what Is your object Why DO YOU
want her TO believe in such stuff -
Il II tell you II you'll promise not TO give
/ away. As long as my wife believes those
stories she'll believe mine when I'm detained
IN town until the cars have stopped running.
See Chicago Times Herald.
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Cen. Miles RenoFf.

Washington, Oct. %. = Gen. Miles,
commanding general of the army, has
made his annual report to the secre-
tary of war. A synopsis follows:
He commends the efficacy of the army
and speaks of the progress that has been
made on both the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts in the matter of Notifications. He
asks that congress authorize two more regi-
ments of artillery to garrison the new forth
fications, and also five additional regiments
of infantry. He devotes considerable at
tention 10 Alaska, and says the waters OF
Alaska should be thoroughly examined by
the naval forces. and that there should be
at least three military posts established in
the territory to support the civil author
titles. He refers to the improved condition
of the Indians, and recommends that the
policy of employing army officers as In
dian agents be continued. He makes rec
concentrations in detail for the protection
of coast points. and says that the maximum
peace footing of the army should be one
enlisted man TO every 1000 of population.
and the minimum one to every 1900
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-28
MANY VESSELS STRANDED.
A Great Storm RACES Along the At
Ianttc Coast.


Cape May, n. j., Oct. 26.-One of the
fiercest northeast gales of years has
swept the lower Jersey coast and up
Delaware bay. Many vessels have been
stranded and there is an unconfrmed
report that a ship went down off shore
Monday morning. A fleet is riding at
anchor within the harbor, unable to
proceed either way, and the meadows
are so inundated that railroad travel to
the coast resorts is practically sus-
pended. The tide here is abating some
what, but the wind at midnight was
maintaining a velocity of 80 miles.
Portions of the board walk have been
swept away, as well as cottage porches
and fences, aud the damage is estimat-
ed at thousands of dollars.
Baltimore, Md, Oct 26.-A special to
the Aperican from Ocean City, Md,
says: The storm of the last two days
was the worst ever experienced in this
section. The wind attained the proper
tons of a hurricane, and the surf ran
four feet deep across the beach into
Synepuxent bay. The large porches of
Congress hall, Trimpers, the Eastern
Shore hotel, Choppers pavilion, Allan
tic hotel and Meyer cottage are COM
pletely wrecked. The immense fish
pond Of the Ocean Fishing company
was carried out to sea. The Cambridge
hotel was nearly wrecked. A large
two-masted schooner was sunk in the
bay after being driven against the
drawbridge. The damage will reach
thousands Of dollars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-28
THE JURY DISAGREES.
Celebrated Luetgert Murder Case
Results IN a Mistrial.
After Being Ont SIXTY Six Hours
Jurors stand Nine TO Three foe
COnviction-To Be Tried
Again.

Chicago. Oct. 22.-The gray light of
g cool autumn morning struggled
through the big windows of Judge Tut
hills court Thursday as Adolph L..
Luetgert. the man who has been on
trial on the charge of numbering his
wife and boiling her body in q vat,
heard from the foreman of the ~ men
who considered his case for &C hours,
the words: I'VE are unable TO agree
upon verdict"
He stool up. and with only a good
natuTed smile in his swarthy face,
shook hands with his son Arnold, his
counsel and business partner, William
Charles, in less than five minutes was
led back to Jail, the jury was dismissed
and the great trial was over.
Division of the Jury.
The ~ men were d. sided as follows:
For conviction and the death penalty
Heickhold, Boyd. Bibhy. Mahoney, Beh-
miller. Hosmer. Shaw. Fransen and Fow-
Ter.
For acquittal-Harlev. Holabird and Bar
Der
AS the jurors filed into court about
lo:4O Thursday morning they were a
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MnrIhsA w q. II. III.

Toronto, Ont, Oct. 26.-The Worlds
Christian Temperance union conven-
ton, at its session on Monday, adopted
a resolution declaring unequivocally its
opposition to regulation or license as
applied to any and all forms of sin, and
its adherence of any compromise
whatever with anything which is
wrong in principle or sinful in practice.
Another resolution exceedingly re-
grets the persistency of the United
States senate in refusing to ratify the
Anglo-American arbitration treaty.
the more so since by so doing they neg
lected to voice the sentiments Of the
people they were elected to represent.
Other resolutions drafted declared
against lynching, for church coopera-
ton and for equal suffrage.
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kufuI Destruction.

Madrid, Oct. ga dispatch received
here from Leyte, one of the Philippine
islands, says that place has been almost
devastated by a cyclone, that many per-
sons have been killed, and that the dam
age to property is incalculable. The
cyclone, il is further announced. de
stroyed the towns of Tagloban and
Uarnanion and the island of Leyte as
well as several villages. 1t is estimated
that 400 persons lost their lives through
the disaster Later advices from Manila
say the cyclone occurred on October II
and they add that Carigare and Burgo.
on the eastern coast of Leyte, have been
wiped out and that an immense wave
swept inland, cngulfing villages. Sew
eral thousand natives persisted at
Tagloban. The cyclone also swept the
island of Samar
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-28

A Dim SeAa Erade

New York, Oct. 23.-R. G. Dun & Co.,
in their weekly review of trade, say:
After the heaviest buying ever known
in many branches during September and
the first half of October il was both natural
and desirable that more quiet period
should give time for testing the size and
temper of retail trade, and for distributing
part of the enormous quantities bought. In
textile goods the rush of orders went far
beyond all distributive demand in August,
and represented great replenishment of
stocks, and the similar rush for goods has
been correspondingly great in other lines
during the past two months. The produce
market acted with as little apparent rea-
son as usual Although Atlantic exports
OF wheat were 3.576.60 bushels, flour In
cluded, and for three weeks of October,
10. 309, COS bushels. against 7742,2l4 last year.
with western receipts not 10000 bushels
larger, the price advanced 2la cents. Corn,
with smaller receipts and exports, barely
a quarter of last year. declined a small
fraction. Failures for the week were 224
in the United States. against ga last year.
and So in Canada, against 60 last year.
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they emerged from the Jail yards. 1t
was reluctantly admitted by several of
them that the disagreement was
brought about by a wide difference of
opinion regarding the rings found in
the vat. the testimony of Emma and
Gottlieba Schimpke and the testimony
of Kenosha witnesses who positively
testified that they saw Mrs. Louise
Luetgert alive i'm the Wisconsin town on
May 3, and 8. Juror Harley did not
believe the rings found in the middle
vat OF Luetgert's factory were Mrs.
Luetgert's rings. Holabird was in
clined to believe the story of the Keno
sha witnesses despite the impeaching
evidence introduced and Barber would
not believe the strong evidence given by
the Schimpke sisters. These were con-
sidered the strong features of the trial
by these Jurors.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-10-28

For the city of Hamilton, o., receiy.
er was asked. 1t was said corrupt mis-.
management had brought the town to
! insolvency.
In a fire that destroyed the Hotel
Brooklyn at Kelletvi.ie. o, three per.
sons were burned TO death and seven
more severely injured.
Many hOmeseekers from eastern
states are now encamped in the Ashloy
valley in Utah waiting for the opening
of the Uncompahgre reservation in
Apr. next.
Sea;chlight broke the worlds pacing
record OF 2:09I4 for three-year-olds at
Los Angeles, Cal, going the mile in
2:O7.
At crossing at Oakland. Ind, the
futile brothers, of Mohawk. Ind, and
J. NJ. Butler were killed by the cars.
In well on Moons farm near Derby,
Kan. the dead bodies of Frank Moon
and Jane Wells were found.
The fruit growers in California esti-
mate the damage to crops by recent
storms at sI,O0O.OOO.
DR.. w. b. Sprague died in Coldwater,
Mich, aged l0I years, and Mrs. Ber-
netty Woodland died at her home near
Coldwater, aged 1O2 years.
On the Yukon river in Alaska the
earliest winter known in years has pro-
duced iesolatiOn and suffering for dis
tance of $500 miles between ST. Mi
chaels and Dyea.
At the family residence in Chicago
funeral services over the remains OF
George VI. Pullman were held and the
interment was at Graceland cemetery.
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The ship had lain becalmed in tropical
sea for three days Not a breath of air
stirred the mirror-like suriace of the sea or
the limp sails that hung from the yards ike
drapery carved in stone. The captain re
solved 10 wait nc longer. He piped up all
hands on deck. ana requested the passengers
TO also come forward. Il must ask ell of
you, he said, 10 give me every match yolE
crew obeyed The captain carefully ar
ranged the matches in his hand as each man
handed MIN his store. until all had been col.
lected. Then he threw them all overheard
but one. drew a cigar from his pocket. and,
striking the solitary match on the mainmast.
endeavOred 10 light IT, Ia an instant fu.
the match and filed the sails and the good
ship Mary Ann sped through the waves on.
her eourse.-Philadelphi Inquirer.
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JohnnIc Mt the PIcnIc.

eve had an awful time with johnnie
Potts at the Sunday school picnic"
What was the trouble"
why, Johnnie wore one Of those belts
with a metal clasp"
"Yes?"
"And after he ate his dinner We
couldn't unclasp it."
Good gracious! What did you do p
eve tried to file il off. but couldn't
get at it. Johnnie squirmed and yelled
like an early Christian martyr all the
time At last Rev. Mr.. Gusher hired a
man to take Johnnie in boat and row
him out to where the water was real
rough. Johnnie wasn't used 10 rough
water. and in a little while the belt
dropped off of itself. Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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Eine Mn. RENTED.

Judge Campbell had just heard the evi~
dence against a young Mission hoOdl'.m.
charged with disturbing the peace
Il think you're guilty, young man de
clared the Judge Funds in the treasury are
running low, so | guess III have t. get in
something toward my salary, as Irl getting
hard up. I'll line you five dollars
You've got more money the have,
pleaded the prisoner.
But | haven't Show up what you've
got" and the Judge emptied his pockets.
which contained just So cents in change, on
the desk.
The prisoner turned all of is pockets iu-
side out and produced y cei is
You are worse of than am said the
jud e Fine RENTED. You may go San
Francisco Post.
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Cairo, Oct. 26.-Details just obtained
OF the revenge of the dervishes upon the
Jaalin tribe, caused by the refusal of
the latter TO join the forces of the
Khalifa against the British, show 1t to
have been terrible in the extreme. The
left bank Of the river between Berber
and Metmeh was practically depopulat-
ed. The dervishes butchered every
male member of the offending tribe and
carried away the women, after sending
$50 maidens to the Khalifa. The der
wishes in addition threw many women
and children into the river.
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The annual report of Gen. Sternberg,
surgeon general Of the United States
army. shows thai alcoholism among the
regular soldiers is slowly but surely
decreasing. There was time when
Uncle sam found il difficult TO obtain
recruits unless he took residents OF
city slums, more or less addicted TO
drink But the personnel Of the army
is improving. and for the past few years
greater proportion % country boys,
who make the best soldiers. has been
secured for enlistment. In the course
Of time. il Is 70 be hoped. the bum
mers" viii entirely disappear from the
vuwf-S
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sULTAN.s WIVES BATHING.
How They Take Their Only AEause-
n.....il....I d.

How They Take Their Only Auluse-
ment Described by n Woman.
1t has remained for a German news
paper woman to penetrate into the mys
teries of the sultan's harem. For the
first time an outsider has entered the
baths attached to the imperial harem.
The newspaper woman is Adele Stern.
How she managed to get into the sacred
precincts of the baths she does not say
in her account. but she gives very in
teresting description of their interior
This is what she says:
The bath is for the Turkish women
what the theater and concerts and balls
are for the European. 1t is the only
recreation and amusement the poor
creatures have.
upon entering the frs apartment I
was struck at once with the oriental
splendor of the room. The place is used
as disrobing chamber. When l en-
tered was greeted by the shrill chatter
of half dozen of the sultan's wives or
concubines. They smoked. rouged their
checks. nursed their babies, and talked
as only Turkish women can.
"a sort of chaperone sits on a little
dais. She takes change of the imperial
Jewels and trinkets. She is a pleasant
faced woman. and every body who enters
she greets with 'Guleh, guleh, gelrinis,
which, translated, means: May you
come back smiling
along the walls are low settees. In
the middle of the room stands mag
nificent Turkish clock. Near by is a
mangel, an open metallic stove, from
which comes daintily perfumed heat.
On the top is big bronze pot, in which
delicious mocha is being brewed- At
every other step is a sort of cradle in
which rest from one to three children.
The cradles are marvels of simple
ity. They consist of a pillow which is
suspended at each end by a rope, the
ends of the ropes being fastened TO con-
venient pillars. The children are placed
on the pillow and tied 10 it by means of
silken scarfs. There they sleep while
their respective mothers gossip and
battle.
THE dolce far niente of Turkish fe-
male life can nowhere be better studied
than IN a bath The women of the
ndEeIll efiAtE the IA ~ III NAlC AiADl
ing and spend from an hour to the
whole day here.
And now to the bath itself. II is
veritabe fairyland. The soft, damp air;
the white marble, the perfumed steam,
all help the illusion of being in some
Mike land. Right before me, splashing
in the water, are two nymphs. They are
superbly beautiful young girls. Their
immense black eyes glance sadly at me
from beneath a mass of raven black
hair. Their forms are exquisite, white
as the alabaster surrounding them, and
with skin as soft as the richest velvet.
AT this moment am accosted by an
elderly woman, whose arms are mus
cular in the extreme.
'Mascallah," she cries. Translated,
this means: oh, thou wonder of Cod
just why she considers me in this light
do not know. Without more ceremony
she takes me. plunges me into the wa
ter, rinses me, soaps me, and finally
places me fiat on the stone couch. Then
begins the massage.
THE bath finished | am once more
ushered into the dressing room.
drink a cup of coffee and depart."-N.
y. Journal.
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you ask for divorce OF the ground of
cruelty, do you. madam" tsked the Judge.
Yes, your honor" repli the fair plain
tiff.
Do you mean TO say tl.at your husband
has used bodily violence & ward you:"
'Oh, no, sir. He never struck me, but
Here the applicants soice broke as she
thought of the indgnity. and she sobbed
bitterly
But what, madam? asked the Judge,
kindly. Tell me whs your husband did"
WHY, Judge, once ne spoke real cross to
dear FidO.
And the tender hea rted woman burst into
a fresh torrent of te, rs.-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegraph
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Gloucester, Mass. Oct. 22.-The an
nual roll giving the names of the fisher
men who have lost their lives during the
year ended September 30 is made up
and shows a loss of 50 men and II yes
sells during the past year, against the
loss of "a men and 10 vessels in 1896.
The crew of the schooner Lizzie j.
Greenleaf, numbering IS men, probably
went down with their vessel, as they
never have been heard of. The total
value of the vessels lost was SOS, $50.