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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

S12 100000 and the exports S22,00O,00o.
IL 1895 304 vessels cleared the principal
ports, and there were in existence 720
miles OF telegraph and 20 miles of rail-
way. Manila is connected with Hong
Kong, Great Britain's trading center in
China, $50 miles distant, by cable.
The colonial government of Spain has
Tor years been administered by gov
ernor general, a civilian officer, and
captain general. who has charge of the
military affairs and defenses. The
group is divided into 43 provinces, ruled
by governors. alealdes or command
ants, according to Importance or loca-
ton. The revenues collected by
Spain have always been enormous and
taxation has been made as odious as
possible. Every article which comes to
the island is heavily taxed, the duty on
muslin and petroleum, for instance, be-
ing 100 per cent. OF the cost.
The climate is good, as tropical coun-
tries go. From June TO September there
are epidemics of fever at Manila, caused
probably by the dense exhalations from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

Mary j. O'Connor, widow living in
Milwaukee, has given her three sons to
the service of their country. They are
all in company l, First regiment, of
Wisconsin troops.
A verdict of S4,70O for Plaintiff Hib-
bard against the Omaha railroad was
returned by the jury at Hudson in q
personal injury case.
Arrangements for the laying of a sec
ond track between Baraboo and Elroy,
a distance of 81 miles, have been COM
pleted.
The annual meeting of the old settlers
of Waushara county will be held at
Pine River June 4.
About 500 employees of the \. r. Al
len tannery in Kenosha struck for high
er wages.
The Beloit council elected +. E. Goss
fire marshal to succeed O. +. Macy, who
has held the position several years.
Eugene Himebaugh, arrested for
stealing a horse at Lake Beulah, plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to Wau-
pun for two years.
An order for 10000 pair of shoes for
the United States army has been placed
with the NJ. d. Wells Shoe company in
Waupun by the government.
A movement is on foot by the people
of Waushara county to raise money tc
erect a soldiers monument to be placed
in the courthouse square in Wautoma.
Mrs. Catherine OHara, aged rs, died
in GAINESVILLE. Her husband died two
weeks ago, aged S3. They had been
residents of GAINESVILLE for 45 years.
A female patient at the county asylum
in Viroqua who on March Il swallowed
a table knife, two spoons and a guam
tity Of glass, died from the effects.
Game Warden f. w. Bissinger made
FIVE arrests for illegal fishing on Sha.
wano lake. The parties arrested plead
ed guilty and were each fined $25 and
costs.
The Manitowoc council has granted
the concessions asked for by the North
ern Grain company and the elevator is
now a certainty.
Fred Wager, aged As, a farmer near
La Crosse, committed suicide by hang
ing. No cause known for the deed
Frank Novak, aged 10 years, was
caught il the cavern in 4 sand pit on
the farm of Ike Hadfieid, near Wauke-
sha, and killed.
Mrs. Anna Vrechooska. of Eaton,
Brown county, celebrated her one hun
bred and fifth birthday.
The German Lutheran parsonage at
Payne's Corners, was destroyed by fire,
and Rev. Christian Geyens lost his IL
brary.
In Appleton, Mrs. Jane Taylor Sc
cured a verdict of $4,000 against the
Northwestern Railway company for in
juries received in the Christian En-
deavor wreck near Chicago last sum-
mer.
Mrs Katherine Schmidt was found
dead in bed at her residence in Milwau-
kee.
Charles Smith, who suffered a frac-
ture of the neck some months ago, is
about the streets in Oshkosh enjoying
the spring weather. He says that, bar
ring a feeling of stiffness about the
neck, he Is in almost perfect health.
Fire accidentally set by small boys
destroyed the barn and nearly all the
stock sheds al the fair grounds in Black
River Falls,
An unusually large acreage of pota-
toes will be planted in Marinette coun-
ty this season.
John L. Fisk. well known throughout
the state as a prominent horticulture
ist. died in 0mro.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Gambling in Lumber Camps.

Gambling will hereafter be curtailed.
If not stopped in all the lumber camps
in the Menominee river region owing
to decision by Circuit Judge Hastings.
John z. Gleson sued the Sawyer Good
man company for $lG6 wages. They
claimed he had only half that amount
coming. as he had lost over $50 playing
poker, which had been charged to him
and credited to his winning fellow
workmen. Judge Hastings held, as it
was a gambling debt. it was not legal.
Hereafter gambling debts will not be
recognized by the companies, and as
the men have no cash while in the woods
it practically does away with the evil.
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islands next largest in size are Min
danoa, Samar, Mindoro, Panay, Leyte,
Negroes, Masbate and Zebu.
Manila. which. according to the last
census, has a population of $4,000, is
the largest city and the capital of the
archipelago; the other important towns
and trading points being Laoag, Lipa,
Banang and Batangas, with popula-
tons varying from 30, 900 to $4,000. The
total population of the group is given
as 1870, 900, including the Spanish army
and navy.
The Philippine islands were discov-
cred by Magellan, in 1921, and few
years later the Spaniards took posses
sion of the whole group. The inhab-
itants consist partly of negroes, who live
in the interior, and are repulsive in as
pect and savage. The Malays, the real
native element, are Roman Catholics
and engaged in agriculture and fishing.
They are in control of many branches
of industry and initiate European handi-
work with great success. The Chinese
and the mestizoes, generally descend
ing from Chinese fathers and native
mothers, are mostly engaged in com
merce. The few Spaniards living in
the islands belong to the official class.
The Malays have to some extent been
crossed with the Spanish as well as the
Chinese; and these half-breeds, like
their brethren in Cuba, hate the Span
iards and have worked tremendously
with the natives to throw off the Span
ish yoke.
The islands are among the most fer
tile in the world, Huge mountain
Chains, all of volcanic origin, rise to
height of 1000 feet. and are covered to
their very tops with forests of immense
trees, yielding excellent timber and
many of the most valuable kinds of
wood. On the extensive slopes and in
the valleys are cultivated manila hemp;
tobacco, which the Spanish govern
ment has always kept as a monopoly;
cotton, sugar, coffee, rice, indigo, wheat,
maize, pepper, ginger, vanilla, CHINA
mon and cocoa. The mountains yield
precious metals in limited quantities.
and coal is successfully mined in several
localities.
The commerce of the islands is impor-
tant. In 1896 the imports were about
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at what he considered an imposition.
and why did you tell my girls that
you was comm in the afternoon" an
severed Hiram. Il came this morning
because you told them that"
Il never told the girls nothing of the
kind, and you know it. You come here
at this time to spite me-"
The whole scheme that the girls and
their mother had worked came TO Hi
ram in a minute, and stepping little
nearer he said:
Josiah, the girls told me that, and
now l know why. They can't see any
sense in this quarrel of ours, and want
US to forget it. They thought here at
Charley's grave would be good place
for MS to meet Don't you think it ~
Without word of reply Josiah ex-
tended his hand across the grave, where
it met that of his brother.
Hiram" he said, 1--WE have quarreled
for many years. l thought l would
never again speak a kind word to you,
bat beside the grave where our brother
and comradc sleeps our quarrel should
be forgotten for the time al least. Shall
it be?
''Why not let it be forgotten for all
time. Josiah? Is Il spotted pig worth
the amount of happiness it has cost
US"
at was my pig, Hiram"
mo, it was mine, Josiah"
Lets call it our pig, Hiram, as II
really WASP"
That's best, Josiah. Now let's fix
up Charley's and mothers graves, and
then you must 60 home to dinner with
me, for suspect ma and the girls will
be expecting you"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

a cyclone swept over portions o. the
state, causing death and destruction.
The village of Pennington is literally
wiped off the face of the earth ard two
persons were killed and damage esti-
mated at S25. 900 was done. At Amigo
il struck the north outskirts of the
village and made path about a quar-
Ter of a mile wide. There were about
IS houses destroyed and two persons
killed. At Goodyear's camp, near Har-
shaw, IS persons were killed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

A wellknown novelist delivered a lecture
recently in which he read selections from
his own works. His reputation and the So
ciety that engaged, him brought together. an
neighborhood After the lecture, when
people met, it was the proper thing for one
to ask the other:
''Were you at the Lecturer" And the
answer in every case:
ooh, yesl was there, but didn't hear
a word Did you hear the Lecturer
"Well, no. | was there, but | couldn't
hear, either"
A friend who met the novelist a few days
after his visit to the suburban town sked
him what kind Of audience he had, and how
he liked the town.
''It's fine place was the reply, "and /
had the most attentive audience that have
ever spoken to. No one made a sound, and
l did not have TO raise my voice above
whisper. philadelphia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

William Peaslee, well-Inown resi-
dent of Marinette, was found alongside
the St. Paul track about a mile from
the city with a deep cash in his head.
He died in a short time. Physicians say
he was not struck by train on account
of the character of the wound, and it is
thought he was slugged with a sharp
instrument of some kind and then left
near the track to convey the theory of
an accident. He had influential rela-
tives in the city.
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An Irish whisper.

An sure, Dinnis, it's crazy Olive
been all day to hear ye tell me that ye
loved me-
"Arrah, mavourneen, come close to
me till | fhisPer it in yer ear"
"Beggin' yer pardon, Dinnis, but it's
hard OF hearin' Oh EN- wit rue ears, but
ef yen iist have the koindness to fhis-
per it on me lips it'll rache me compri-
hinsion in a jiliy, so it wil."-Boston
Courier
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

At the window, with my crutches' as the
daylight fades away,
I cit and watch the shadows 'neath the
hoary naples play;
and shrill
And the long roll IN the twilight seems to
come from yonder hill;
But awake or dreaming ever can see the
old blue lines.
And again the army marches-rnarches
underneath the pines.
With a tread that echoes ever in the vet
Grams heart to-day,
Marches still that grand old army. morg
the trees so far away;
And I see its banners floating proudly
'gainst the azure sky,
Just though beneath my window II to-
day were passing by;
can recognize the comrades touching ell
bows of yore,
With a beautiful devotion that Will 1--we
forever more;
And the sun ia clOudless heavens upon
blade and bay'net shines,
And the breezes stir the pennons Of the
army in the pines.
Sitting here I count the marches one can
never more forget
I can see the cleaning camp-hres when
the stars their watch have set;
Yonder rides the graybeard colonel, with
a comrades smile for ALL
That morning in the wilderness, he was
the first to fall:
] remember how we laid him meath the
dark green branches low,
And turned TO meet the charges Of the ever
valiant foe;
seem TO hear wars thunder as II rolled
along our lines,
Waking not the dear old colonel, sleeping
sweetiy meath the pines.
But my crutches oft remind me that our
battle flags are furld,
That where we fought the angel Peace pro
claims to all the world
That love cements the sections and that,
brothers true to-day,
Beneath the starry banner fair stand both
the Blue and Gray:
The roses bloom III beauty where we heard
the mad shells scream
Aud southern lilies grow beside the squad
ron guarded stream.
And everywhere. this sacred day. love
gratefully entwiues
A fragrant wreath ia memory of the army
in the pines.
The sound Of music thrills me; they are
coming down the street.
! plainly hear upon the wind the tramp
OF many feet;
With natures treasures beautiful they
march again TO keep
Memorial day and crown the boys where
side by side they sleep;
They see me at the window and salute NE
they pass,
lift my hand and smile on them. but very
soon they pass,
My old, old eyes grow misty and cannot
see the lines.
Though I seem to hear the army once again
among the pines.
There's another army marching meath
the heavens soft ard blue.
Its leaders are not many now, its privates
too, few;
~ L.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

The annual election of officers of the
grand lodge, Knights of Pythias of
Wisconsin, in session in Appleton, re-
suited as follows:
Grand chancellor. d. S. Classon, Oconto;
grand vice chancellor, II. r. Potter, of Ash
land; grand keeper OF records and seals,
Frank Barry, Milwaukee: grand prelate,
George r. Whitman, of Dodgeville grand
master at arms, NJ. j. Hart, Ashland;
grand inner guard, Fred Klaus, Winnie
come; grand outer guard w. c. Winter,
Lacrosse. NJ j. Jeffris. of GAINESVILLE, was
reelected trustee for three years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26
Farm Institutes.

Summer institutes will be held in
northern Wisconsin in June as follows:
Polk county Osceola Mills, June 7; Polk
county, Luck, June s; Burnett county,
Wood Lake, June 8; Washburn county.
Spooner June II; Shawano county, Pull
offer, June IA; Douglas county. West Su-
perior. June Is; Chippewa county, Apol-
lonia, June 16; Door county, Fish Creek,
June IS; Price county, Prentice, June II;
Marathon county, Athens, June 81; Ash
land county, Ashland. June %; Oneida
county, Pelican Lake, June q.
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lowed the other, and finally the people
instituted a provisional revolutionary
government, under the leadership of
Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, patriotic, able
and self-sacriticing native Malay of the
highest type. Aguinaldo was twice be-
trayed by the Spaniards with promises
Of reform which were never kept. He
saw his brothers butchered and his
country robbed into poverty. Last De-
cember Don Primo de Rivera, the Span
ish governor of the islands, made peace
with the rebel chieftain and then sought
to deprive him of liberty and life.
Aguinaldo managed to escape, however,
and travelled in disguise from Singa-
pore to Hong Kong, being assisted in
his efforts to reach a neutral port by
Spencer Pratt, the American consul
general at Singapore. In Hong Kong
he placed himself at the disposal of
Commodore Dewey, and returned to the
Philippines with that intrepid com
lnander. He has agreed to maintain or
der on the islands with the army of rev.
olution of which he is the head and
which has been awaiting his arrival.
Besides being generalissimo of the rev.
dictionary army, Aguinaldo is presi-
dent of the Philippine republic estab-
lished by the patriots.
In spite of all drawbacks the insur-
rectionists have been fairly successful
right along, and, when supplied with
arms and ammunition by the United
States. will make short work of the dis
organized Spanish army of occupation.
WILLIAM WALTER WELLS.
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rack, had their limbs lacerated, and in
some instances had their eyes put out
their tongues torn out and their ears
cut off. Howling friars, of which the
islands are full, clothed in the garb Of
religion, but disowned by the regular
priests of the church, sanctioned these
horrible punishments and confscated
the pitiful belongings of the victims
for the benefit OF their monasteries.
That such unspeakable actions and
breach of faith were resented by the
people is not strange. One uprising fol.
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Gentlemen-It affords me great pleasure
to testify to the merits Of your preparation,
Pe-ru-na 1t has been used by quite a
number Of my neighbors and friends IL cases
Of catarrh and las accomplished al that
YOU claim for It, have used it as a tonic.
and as such | find that it is of very great
benefit when my nervous system IS deTanged.
W. z. Chiffon.
The digestive organs are lined by mucous
membrane This mucous membrane Is liable
to catarrb. TIE catarrh may be so light a
to attract no attention, or 50 sever as to CON
fine its victim to the bed As long as the
slightest catarrh remains there can be no
such thing as proper digestion. The blood
will be impure because the products Of diges-
ton are impure. To correct this i to
cleanse the Blood This Pe-ru-na win do
Send for DR.. Hartman's latest book on
chronic catarrh Sent free by The Pe-ru-na
Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio.
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Chosen Secretary.

William Hense-Jensen, of Milwaukee,
aas been chosen secretary of the Ger
man Historical society of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Jensen was formerly a reporter on
he Seebote. He has opened an office in
he Metropolitan building and will at
once begin the collection of data for
the forthcoming history of the Ger
mans of Wisconsin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

A railroad company has been organ
ized in Marinette to build a logging
road from the mouth of the Escanaba
river to Republic, 60 miles. 1t will be
xnown as the Escanaba River company
and is capitalized at 100000 A force
Of men has started clearing the right of
way and about 25 miles viii be built
this year.
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Pleaded Guilty.

Aphonso Elley, of Seymour, pleaded
guilty in the circuit court in Ashland to
the charge of murder in the second de-
gree and was sentenced to Is years at
Waupun, by Judge Goodland. Elkey,
few weeks ago, shot and killed his wife
at Seymour and attempted suicide and
failed
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

The question has been mooted over and
over again whether the ENGRAVING OF French
and German dishes upon the bill Of fare Of
the better class of American restaurants is
or is not an improvement. Many pretend
that before their introduction our cooking
was coarse. barbara This is an open ques-
ton, but no bill OF fare presents attractions
to the dyspeptic, but they, like the bilious,
malarious and persons with weak kidneys,
can be cured by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26
CAPTURE OF MANILA.
1t Means Freedom for Millions of
Miserable Creatures.
How the philippine Islanders Have
Been Robbed and Abused by
the Officers Sent to Them
from Spain.
Especial San Francisco Lt,.,r.1

Everybody on the Pacific coast is still
talking about Commodore Dewey's
bold and successful attack on the
Spanish fleet at Manila Other naval
victories call forth loud plaudits,
of course, but the conquest and
occupation of the Philippine islands
means, TO use a slang phrase,
"a whole lot" to the merchants and
traders of San Francisco and other
coast towns.
Those who are not shouting are look
ing up facts about the islands. A few
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Goes to Mnunun.

Ernest Cornell, who killed his two
children at Oconomowoc November 10
last, was found guilty of the crime.
Since the jury decided with so much
promptness that Cornell was not insane
when the butchery was done, it was al
most foregoue conclusion that he
would be sent to Waupun.
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one Misfortune Ayerted.

Anxious Mother-I think you should
interfere, Edward. There is young
Stumps sitting for the last half-hour
with Mabel, holding her hand, You
know that he's not in position to mar
~.
Father (complacently)-True, but let
him hold her hand. Martha. 1t viii keep
her from the piano.-Stray Stories.
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weeks ago the average American citi-
zen knew as much about the Philip
pines as he did about the political di-
visions OF the Soudan. To-day he in
forms you that the group contains
about 1900 islands, covering 114,326
square miles, all but 1000 square miles
of the total Asiatic colonial posses
sions of Spain. Most of the islands are
small, with the exception of Luzon,
which has an area of 4O,024 square miles
and a population of 100000. The
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A SCHOOL GIRLS BATTLE.
From the Mail, Milford. Ind.

Miss Emma Rybolt, a prepossessing school
girl of Milford Ind, is of more than usual
Intelligence, and is ambitious to rise in the
I'm the fall of 1896" said Mrs. Rybolt,
Emma was taken i'll. She was a close stu
dent and her work began to sell on J her.
planned Of pains in her back, chest and limbs.
A few weeks passed and she grew worse.
The doctor said she was a victim of ner-
vous prostration, and should have been
taken from school weeks earlier. She gradu-
ally grew worse, her nerves were so tense
that the least noise irrtated her and she had
fever and a continual twitching in her
muscles. The symptoms were much like
St Wins dance
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How They shop.

Harry" said Mrs Trcdway to her hus,
band at the breakfast table, Il am quite out
of money, and | want to spend the day shop
ping Let me have 60 cents
What do you want 60 cents for:'
"Ten cents for car fare and so cents for
luncheon. "-Harper's Bazaar.
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Williams Pink Pills tor Pale People ana l
decided to try them :.
cines, but tried the pills, and after talk
ing dozen doses, she began to improve. 1t
was about the first Of April when she began
and by the middle of May, after taking
about eight boxes, she was entirely cured,
"While i'll, she lost twenty-eight pounds,
but now weighs more than ever before. Her
nerves are strong and she is in perfect health;
We are all confident that DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People cured her, and |
cheerfully recommend them in all similar
cases. MRS. +. A. R4 BOIL.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
third day of September, 1897
CALEB BAKER, Notary Public.
CDR Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
will cure all diseases arising from poor and
watery condition Of the blood, will build up
a rundown system and are a specific for
paralysis, locomotor ataxia and other dis
eases long regarded as incurable.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-05-26

"What do you find the most common de-
fusion among your patients, Doctor
THAT we physicians care nothing about
having our bills paid. Detroit Free Press.
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Singular ship.

The most singular ship in the world is
the Polyphemus, of the British navy. 1t
is simply long steel tube, deeply
buried in the water. the decks rising
only four feet above the sea. 1t carries
no masts or sails, and is used as ram
and torpedo boat.-Roston Herald.
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Intrustea 70 the Monarch.

Jeweler (excitedly) became of
those. diamond earrings while / was out?
They're worth S400i
His Wife-The cook saw them, dear. It's
her day out, you know, and said she'd leave
if didn't let her wear them this afternoon.
Jewellers Weekly.