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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
She Found Them.

Books and Stationery at L. A. Kings
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

DR.. Snyder has removed his office to
West Third street. near Main street.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

Wait until Saturday for Jimmy
Hicks Oyster cocktails.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

ID. @. Warner and T. T. Lyons of
Boulder were in Anaconda yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

The best $1,000 suits and $40. 90 owe
coats at Goodfrfend's.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
Cigars. Tobaccos. etc. at L. A. Kings.

Antlers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

An sSsvs eases vim Be hetsd with Aut-elass
nevensats warranted to keep time. Call and
Zee then
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

The celebrated Douglass shoes. $500,
s4.oo. $500, at Goodfriend's. 220 Com
merciaI
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

Jewell stoves and ranges are the best
Sold at Young 4 Dezelrs.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

Old papers. only % cents per hundred
at the Standard office.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

c. L. Baum was a Butte visitor Il
Anaconda yesterday.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

Miss Alma Hursell OF Portland. Ore,
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs M. d. PEN
nington.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13

A marriage license was yesterday is
sued TO Mike Chabelle and Mary Mi
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18


PUBLfsHE.fs's NOTICE - 1Iassii1is
agents sr4 j. A Mcclellan. y .. iAo~. ss !.
d u Loofnis and Charles l.. foW1SE ~
collectors are j. "A. Cataeari X. 4. iia =,
LEI. J. l. Ha.iey, (. ii. Aic~o -. na.s A. -
John Jackot- FcslInasters every "lie4s al = :
our agents Pas money ofiiy 10 lhSSF anu
10 our resident aSsnis II the Various S'-'ss
and towns OF the Northwest -
ApEEETISiEG-Onice hours u t.is
Post tssiigsncsF business oitcef D@.Is
until II =. m: Sunday hours. open a. m.
L. II .. IN. Classified advertisements Tor
insertion following morning WIZ "
ceiyed up 10 1879 p. m A1ssI useI,.s..sS !,
under classified headings VIII De lnsei .cu
at the rate OF ! cent *oFa ttch ihSs:
ton. Payment always IN advance. ~ ~
advertisement received Tor sesss IMAM -
cents.
ADvERTfsERs-Cha for adver-
t.xMnenta In The Sunday Pos'-lntenisence.
must be furnished by ! O'Clock oatuiu ay
Advertisements will oe received a. otaneh
offices OF the poat-lnteiiig encer
kEWARD-Ten dollars will be paid for
Information leading 10 the CONVICTION OF
Gny person stealing copies OF this payer
delivered 10 subscribers in Seattle.
TACOMA BUREAU-So, lzVc %acinc
avenue. l.. A. Harrison.
EtERETT--P X Lewis.
SPOkASE-Branch office, TradeB
block. Co Riverside avenue. telephone *.
j. O. Peterson, Manager.
PORT TOWNSEND-Wm A. Pfeiner
BELLINGHAM BAY-Sew Whatcom.
Parker Ei,is, Manager.
oLYMPiA-~4l7iz Main street. @. G.
Winstsnley Agent.
VICTORIA. ID. C.-George Marsden.
The following letters await advertisers
Ut THE office:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18
NOTICE TO CoNTRACTORA
notice TO CONTRACTORS estlaks
Avepup etc Raniarlfnr"

NolItE III toN ikACIORS- Westia1e
Avenue. etc. Repianking."
Notice Is hereby given that sealed propt
sails viii b. received by the Undersgned
secretary of the board OF public works o.
the city OF Seattle up 10 O'Clock ?. ne
Monday, August ed. 1898. for the improve
nent AZ West.ake avenue and other COD
Meeting e.reets and avenues. from the nsFio
margin Of Mercer street TO the norta mar
gin of Pike street, by replanking said ave-
nues and streets between said poinls
as provided by ordinance No. ass. creating
local Improvement district No. l56. and Y
accordance with the plans and specifics.
lions now on file IN the office Of the board
Of public works.
Each bid must be accompanied by ee'.
tilted check, payable to the order OF IA
five 90 per cent. Of the bid and no nl
Will be considered unless accompanies y
said check.
The successful bidder will he required u
enter into a contract and Furnish saisar
tory bond for the amount required By fa
city charter and the laws 81 the siate y
Washington within ten days after bsiat
notified Of the award OF the contract 9
him. failing 10 do so. the sale cheek az
the amount fixed therein VIII be foriflte
10 the city, No person is eligible as %
der who mas within two years prsor % iN
letting of said contract made defaal
payment of any just claim for any wefs
labor performed or any skill or mater.
furnished pursuant. TO any sucA cohuact =
herein advertised. or VINO. within SAD w
years. failed 10 complete any such cof'
tracts. -,
Special attention is called 10 article IL.
OF the city charter. as now In force
latlng 70 hours Of labor" and 10 arties
viii. sec g. subs. / and 2. relating
bends and sureties. ~.
The board OF public works reserves u
right to reject any and all bids -.
Proposals must be Endorsed on envsiss
Bid for Westlake Avenue. etc. RepanF
ing"
Ky order q! the board Of public worfa
FRANK OLESOS. Secretary
Date Of first publication. August IL IN
OFFICE &. q NJ. Vancouver BaratE
Wash. July q. 1893. Sea,ed pFoposas
triplicate. viii be received hers m >
Offices OF quarsermasters AZ Boise ,i -
racks and Fort sherman, idano, - ~.
land and F'ort stevens. or. and ~.
Canhv. Spokane. Waila WaHa ana vs. 80
couver barracks. Wash. until II oel,s.
a IN, august % 1865. and then 49,
for furnishing forage and becdins TT
fore FOR fiscal year commencing jas J.
1895. Information furnished here o,
said quartelmasters L. =. reserves -
TO reiec, or accept any or I'll pfop..s.s,
or any part thereof Envelopes eoa %
Ing PROPOSALS should be marked . -
I.osei for Forage and Bedding at - 70. -
addressed 80 undersigned or to fssFGsg
quartermastere Jno !. -..r, y. -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18
CITY NOTICES


pRDfNA %cE No. GOT AN ORDiN -,
regulating the use ~ sidewalks os 80
chants ard tradesmen il front y "a
places Of business IL me Cry % sssfss
ami providing a penalty for any vioasa'~
OF the same Ia. r
BE il ordained by the City Of sea''''
follows: .,.a&
Section l. That merchants ana a =
men IN the City II Seattle. oe aisu s..rx
hereby authorized and permitted 20 "A.
~ ana use thirty (30 inches 81 ins .ss 80
walk n front ~ their respective pa "a go
business. Immediately ahuising ~ =, IL
f!suous 20 the property margin, ~
Soc ?. That no person shah pa 80
cause 10 - placed. or suffer TO %
By any person in mis- employ OF
control. any merchandise or watU ~
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18

r..r.rfgl-p hN-Tr seattle, Agg0sf l.. II,
- f1gaI FIRST avenue, Gene =. ih1Aa'
ss.,, Of SIR and Ags. James A Acf,.a.si
srau OF cholera infantuErl- aged as'AA''S
and - days. .s
~.rI.rrpks Sin Seast!e. August l.. lsfs
stsre-ys infant daughter OF Df. an
Ms " T. 81 L&1grk=. Of csaoltiA 2i+aa-'
fu,,1. azs.i { months and ~ Gays.
Tine funeral Will take place I'M" a. 49,.
noon 1t O clock. from the resiSisiiSf' -
etSry. -
sy-f,xu--fn Seattle. August L. 1875. F're9a
Stou.srl. sister OF Arz. c. h Gray asea
II years.
TIE funeral will take place from the RESI-
xaeDes. of as.r sister IL Nineteenth AstIne'
tomorrow afternoon a. ocio&H- 1s'A'i
nenr at Lake NIew c.gne.s.s :.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLM ERS~Notice OF
assessment Oilce OF the West Seattle
Land and Improvement Company Seat
tie Washington. July -. 1898.
Notice Is hereby glSeit To The stockhold-
ers OF the West seattle Land and Improve
ment Company that AT regular meeting
OF the board OF trustees of said company,
duly convened al the Office Of the company
on the 18th day of July. is9> an assess
ment OF one dollar per share on each share
OF the capital stock OF the said the West
Seattle Land and Improvement Company
not fully paid up was duly made and lev
led due and payable TO the Seattle NJ
tional bank. Of Seattle, Washington. the
treasurer of said company Al its banking
house in the city OF Seattle, Washington
on or before the e5th day 81 August 1e4s
HOMER 6. KING.
President West Seattle Land and improve
r1ent Company.
Dana W. Brown, Secretary
Dated Seattle Washington July o"d 1Sa8
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18

SOCIETY NOTICES..
MAKff,N ET~fE concert-By Miss Aula
Moore. in Masonic temple, Thursday
night. August Is
AHCANA LODGE. No. s.. f. and A. NJ.
meets second Monday each month.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18

BIRTHS
nrx1Hs AND FUNERALS.

In s4aftle. August II. 20 TIE
terias 4. pinkhan. a "a - -. |:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18

NASTf.D----By young lady who has ex-
perience in bookkeeping. position in an
Office. Address q Is. care Post-Intelli-
gCnC3T.
WAN TED-~Employment as professional
nurse by Isabel Davis. Room l. Palmer
house fi.,b First avenue
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18
ALASKA k[OND|kE
WANTS.
kLONDIkE-oUTFIrTERS.

Z ARflES returning TO the kIondike OF
1oSoE please see goods manufactured by
Z, 4. Wernecke for that country: caps
tNttens, parkeys. EUR gods and get prices
ne.ore buying. {. I. Wernecks. Column
OLA dock. Seattle. Wash.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18
FINANCIAL.

MORTGAGE LOANS-T-avslers. Insur
ance Co. and Philadelphia Mortgage an
Trust Co. The Thomas Investment Co
Representatives, Collins Building.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-18

AUCTION sale Of valuable real estate;
Splendid opportunity 20 parties wanting
a home within easy walking distance OF
ed instructors % sell BY public auction
at gas!r rooms. i51e First avenue. On
Thursday. The 18th OF August. q, :
LOIS 1. 5. s ana d . In Dsoek r. sisaassi
on Federal ana Tenth avenues. Lincoln
Pons.us addition; also lot :. on Tenth
avenue. with two-stosy house OF SIX
rooms. The streets are graded AMI side
walked: size Of lots. spxIlo. Fer par,ieu-
lars inquire of the aUctionee-s. Bickerson
q Dewitt.
FOR sALE-By F. W. West. . Union
Nice residence lot on car line: street
around; price. $3.50.
Neat nve-room modern cottage. grad
ed street; haIt block from able. 1850.
Building lot eaxlea. close 20 junction q
Madison and Broadway: $40e.
F. w. West. . Union block.
IF yoU WANT 10 buy fine home at a
low price. We have it. II you want 10
build home P, bed rock prices. We can
accommodate you. We offer special IN
ducements 20 home builders in the Hill
tract. Yesler avenue and Jackson street
Get our prices before you buy or build
We have special bargains in all parts
OF the city. Esheiman-Corcoran Co.. 49,
1920
FOR SALE-ls2 acres. 4 mile sal, water
front, ten miles from Seattle. terminal
Of TWO county roads. steamer every day;
two mountain. trout FISH ponds. 4.Go
tensiye fish-raising, Well watered, i'm
proveuents cost s2.oe; VIII sell in small
tracts ns par, Payment; 4 desired this lis IS
1900 Address Owner. care Post-In,elii-
gencer.
FOR e 0n--A ma
residence. located in one OF the choicest
residence parts OF the city: two blocks
on car line. on corner; 10 feet frontage:
terms. II. A. Schroeder. 81 Boston block.
LOGGED OFF LANDS in Mason and
Thurston counties. excellent fruit land,
easily cleared and nicely situated for
farms: favorable terms. Tacoma 2i.u
Company. Tacoma. Wash.
FOR SAiE-For cash or on time. seven
room house lot l.oxi2e: 623 Twenty-s.Xth
avenue south; Also tive-room house lot
12oNi2o. AS Pontius avenue. Apply 10
Munro, Ralto block.
FOR SALE-Three seven-room houses on
two lots. 60xl23 each. S35o0 Address Hor-
ace Brown. Hotel Seattle.
FOR SALE-Holyoke block and other
forec,osed city property and farms.
cheap. James Boutwell,. loans and in
surance, y Boston block.
LLEwELLYN & WARD. 100 Marion.
general real estate ana rental agents.
list your property with US.
FOR iALE-R asidence ano garden acre
age. W. ". Beck, 322 Pioneer block.
Seat ,.
REAL ESTATE and timber lands. Dorr
& Co.. room A Bailey building.
FOR SALE-pesirahle houses and lots
Cali 2f2o Second avenue. Owner
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-04-28

Little Rock, Ark, April pa bloody
tragedy in the EagleBooie feud was en-
acted at Lonoke at 2:30 o'clock Monday
afternoon, in which the Booze faction
was almost wiped out of existence. The
Eagles caught the BODIES at a disadvan-
tage and poured terrible volley Of
shots into them. W. X. Doodle, the
father, n prominent business man. and
his two sons, VIII and Charlie Booze,
were instantly killed. The Eagles came
out OF the engagement unhurt All
concerned are prominent. The Eagles
were closely related TO exGov. j. i.
Eagle, and w. X. Booze was an ex-
member of the Arkansas legislature, his
family being one of the Oldest in the
state. The Eagles are we'll known in
Lonoke county, and their faction has
dominated local politics for years. The
feud is of long standing and grows out
of political clash between members
of the two families.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-04-28
THE EAST.

Conductor John Hare. Fireman Frank
Dowd and Brakeman L. Jones were
killed in a freight train wreck at Fair
port, n. Y.
The Rhode Island Legislature, with
out a vote in opposition, passed a res
o,ution appropriating $4,000 for the
nations defense.
In the United States there were 204
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 22d, against 254 the week pre-
vous and 218 in the corresponding pc
riod of 1897.
AT the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during The
week ended on the 22d aggregated ST.
113,094,7SG, against Sl,OS4,250,516 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week Of 1897
was 1914.
In the National league, the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 23d were: Baltimore,
1913; Chicago, 500; Cincinnati, 500;
Philadelphia, COZ; Cleveland, COZ,
Brooklyn, 800; Boston, 400; Pitts
burg, .42o; Washington, 1873; New
York, ESQ; Louisville, $50; ST. Louis,
200
With the "Red Cross" flag flying, the
steamer State of Texas left New York
bound for Key West. The steamer is
loaded with supplies for the reconcen-
trados in Cuba.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-04-28
WEST AND SOUTH.

1t is said that Augustus c. Widbcr,
treasurer of the city and county of San
Francisco, had embezzled 100000 of
public funds.
At the age of 50 years Laura IIaviland,
one of the foremost workers in the
anti-slavery cause before the war and
a nurse during the war, died in Grand
Rapids, Mich.
The Alabam democrats in conven-
ton in Montgomery nominated Joseph
+. Johnston for governor.
On the Santa Fe road train was held
up near Orc Grande. Cal, and the
mail car was rifled. During the ARRAY
Engineer Clifford and Paul Jones, one
of the robbers, were killed.
The exposition to be held in 1908 in
Ohio celebrating the state centennial
will be held in Toledo.
The entire Texas Ranger corps has
been ordered to the Mexican frontier
to repulse any invasion from that
country that Spanish sympathizers
may make.
The populists of the Sixth Illinois
district have nominated William j.
Strong for congress.
Populists of the Eighteenth Illinois
district have nominated Ferdinand
Morse. of Grecnviue, for congress.
The death OF Richard Smith, aged -
years. formerly president OF the Ga
zette and later Of the Commercial Ga
zette. occurred in Cincinnati.
Artillery and cavalry from all parts
of the country are pouring into Chick
amauga park and Maj. Gen. Brooke has
assumed command.
Uncle Sans gunboat Nashville cap
tured the Spanish merchantmen Buena
Ventura. loaded with lumber, and took
her to Key West.
Advices from Key West say that the
flagship New York had captured large
Spanish steamer and brought ii into
the harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson were killed in
a tornado near Atlanta. Tex. several
other persons were injured, and much
property was destroyed.
In South Dakota prairie fires swept
over the whole of the Rosebud Indian
reservation, destroying thousands of
head of cattle and ponies belonging TO
the Indians.
The legislature of Ohio has given trial
juries the option of saying whether a
tirst-degree murderer should be exc
cuted or imprisoned for life.
In the county Jail in Chicago, Chris
Merry was hanged for the murder of
his wife, Pauline Ballou Merry, on No
yember 10 last.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-04-28

Maryland-One regiment infantry and
four heavy batteries.
Massachusetts-Four regiments of infan-
try and three heavy batteries.
Michigan-Four regiments of infantry.
Minnesota-Three regiments of infantry
MIssissippi-Two regiments of Infantry.
Missouri-Five regiments of infantry and
one light battery.
Montana-One regiment of infantry.
Nebraska-Two regiments of infantry.
New Hampshire-One regiment Of infan-
try.
New Jersey-Three regiments of infantry
New 9ork-TwelNe regiments of infantry
and two troops of cavalry.
North Carolina-TwO regiments Infantry
and one heavy battery.
Ohio-Six regiments of infantry, -four
light batteries and two sqUadrons of cav
airy.
Oregon-One regiment infantry.
Eleven regiments of in
fantry and four heavy batteries
Rhode Island-One regiment infantry.
South Carolina-One regiment infantry,
one battalion and one heavy battery.
Tennessee-Three regiments infantry
Texas-Three regiments infantry ana one
regiment cavalry.
Utah-One troop cavalry and two light
batteries.
Vermont-One regiment infantry.
Virginia-Three regiments infantry
Neutrality-suspicious. regiment infantry.
West Virglnia-One regiment infantry
Wisconsin-Three regiments Infantry.
Wyoming-One battalion and one troop
cavalry.
District of Coumbia-One battalion
North Dakota-Flve troops cavalry
South Dakota-Seven troops cavalry,
Idahe-Two troops cavalry.
Nevada-One troop cavalry.
Arizona-Two troops cavalry.
AZ S~s4n o.
Oklahoma-One troop cavalry
Washington, April 26.-lt is positive
~ stated that The president does not
contemplate a call for additional vol
unteers for the present.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-04-28
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

\ military guard will be placed at the
white house in few days to protect the
president.
The entire gang of train robbers who
held up the Santa Fe train near Orc
Grand, Cal, has been lodged in jail
On the Yukon, at a distance of from
700 to 500 miles from the sea, there are
many points where the river is 90 miles
wide.
George A. Fowler, president of the
Fowler Packing company of Kansas
City, has given Kansas university a
gift of $4,000.
Old glass bottles, which are more or
less useless, are now ground up and en-
ployed as substitute for sand in the
preparation of mortar.
\ writer declares that 100000 men
now do the work with the aid of ma
chinery which needed 100000 per-
sons to do few Years ago.
With an apparatus called the myo-
phone a French scientist claims to have
proved that the nerves may live hours
after the death of the body.
The United States government has
established censorship of kilograms,
forbidding the transmission Of code
messages to or from Havana.
The oldest house in Pennsylvania has
been badly damaged by fire in Chester.
1t was built in 1865 and was long used as
a tavern, and later as a playhouse.
Underground London contains 5000
miles of sewers. $1,000 miles of tele-
graph wires, 1850 miles of water mains,
1900 miles of gas pipes, all definitely
fixed.
Col. William Ayres. who died at his
residence in philadelphia. enjoyed the
distinction of having been the first
union prisoner who was exchanged dur
ing the rebellion.
Col. John S. Mostly. of guerrilla fame,
now a resident of San Francisco, has
wired to Gen. Miles for permission TO
raise battalion or regiment of volun-
teers for special service in the front
Glass bricks are gradually coming
into use, and it is said that glass viii
soon be used for making statues for
public squares. as it resists the corrod-
ing effect Of the weather much better
than marble or granite.
Litigation over a hearse at Bar Har-
Dor. after a years continuance, was
brought to an end by an agreement be-
tween the parties that the hearse be
sold and the proceeds devoted to pay
ing costs and lawyers fees.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-04-28
4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East. the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FlFTY-ElETh CONGRESS

Proceedings of First Regular Session.
In the United States senate on the
DIST the naval appropriation and the
sundry civil bill were passed and joint
resolution was adopted giving the presi-
dent power to prevent the expectation
of coal and other war material. \ bill
to restore to citizenship in the United
States Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris,
daughter of the late President Grant,
was also passed. In the house the joint
resolution to prohibit the expectation
of coal and other war material and the
bill 10 restore Mrs. Nellie Grant Sar-
toris to American citizenship were
passed.
The United States senate on the POD
adopted the conference report on the
volunteer army bill and then adjourned
out of respect to Senator Walthal's
memory. In the house the report of
the conferrees on the volunteer army
bill was agreed to. In the contested
election case of Patterson against Car
mack from the Memphis CTenn) dls-
trict the house declined to disturb Mr..
Carmack in possession of the seat.
No business was transacted in the
| United States senate on the Esd, the
time being occupied in paying respects
to the memory of the late Senator
Walthall, of Mississippi. In the house
the army reorganization bill was
passed and the war revenue bill, pro-
viding for bond issue of $500, 900, 900,
was reported. BY the bill the tax on
beer and fermented liquors is increased
from one to two dollars Il barrel and on
tobacco and snuff TO IL cents a pound.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-04-28
FROM WASHINGTON.

Our government has purchased the
steamers Umbria and the Etruria, of
the Cunard line.
Between tho United States and Spain
war is u fact, though not yet officially
declared so by congress. Minister Wood
ford in Madrid was not allowed to pre-
sent President McKinley's ultimatum,
bat instead was given his pass ports,
and this discOurteous action places the
esponsibility for the war upon Spain.
The North Atlantic squadron is on its
way to Havana to blockade that port
and to lombard il in case of resistance.
Postmaster-General Gary, because of
i'll health, resigned, and Charles +.
Smith, editor of the Philadelphia Press,
was chosen as his successor.
Edward c. WalthaIl, senator from
Mississippi, died in Washington of ty-
phoid pneumonia, aged 81 years.
Some one sent an Internal machine TO
President Mckinley, but fortunately its
character was suspected and no harm
was done.
At the state department a proclama-
ton has been prepared announcing the
blockade of Cuban ports, and is with
held from PRONUNCIATION only awaiting
news from Capt. Sampson of the ar
rival of the fleet off Havana harbor.
This proclamation will contain the as
scrtion that state of war exists.
The oath of office as postmaster gen
eral has been taken by Charles Emory
Smith.
In a proclamation issued by Presi
dent Mckinley, the blockade of Cuban
ports WAS announced.
IL sN.4z=ssllszs-&3s--a procIamattou
calling for $4,000 volunteers, and the
militia of the states and territories will
be modified at once. The news creates
country