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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-10
FOUNDERS in A STORM.
Maria Teresa, the Raised Spanish
Cruiser, Lost on the Bahama Is
Iands-History of the Boat.

Charleston, S. c., Nov. THE for
mer Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa, the
flagship of Admiral Cervera's fleet,
which was raised by Naval Constructor
Hobson, was lost in the storm which
ragged off the Bahama islands on Tues
day afternoon. The cruiser was aban-
doned by the crew only a short time be-
fore she went to the bottom. Every
thing was lost. The crew, however, was
rescued without the loss of man.
The Teresa had been leaking all of
Tuesday, and it was found that she was
going und,T despite the work of the
men at the pumps. As soon as this was
known all energies were devoted to
saving the crew. The Teresa's men
were put into the sea by means of
sings and afterward picked up by surf
boats from the wrecking tug Merritt.
\ short time after the crew left the
Teresa a splashing noise was heard,
and she was lost to view. just previous
to the sinking a hawser which held
the cruiser 10 the repair ship Vulcan
parted.
1.-THE Infanta Maria Teresa was in her
prime the pride OF Spain. 1t was not so
much her power as a fighting ship that
made her dear TO the hearts OF the Span
iards as the circums tances In which the
vessel was built and launched When the
cruiser was foated 1t was the queen regent
herself that released the boat from the
ways. The building of the Ma@!a Teresa
was attended with great enthusiasm at a
! special plant in Bilbao under the name OF
La Sociedad Anonima de los Astllleros del
| Nerviou. From this plant the Infanta
| Maria Teresa was launched In 1890
| This superb war vessel was 364 feet long,
| 65 feet 2 inches of beam, Fl feet inches
| mean draft, and her displacement, with all
! stores on board, 1000 tons. She was what
| is called technically an armored cruiser.
| Her protection consisted of a belt on the
| water line ~ inches thick, extending over
| a length of 3l5 feet. Around the positions
! of the heavy guns was worked armor 10A
| inches In thickness. She had a protected
| deck three inches thick. The main arm or
| belt was five feet six inches In width. For
/ armament the Maria Teresa had two H.
| inch and ten 5.5-inch Hontoria guns In her
main battery and 16 rapid-fire guns in the
| secondary battery In speed she was the
queen of the Spanish navy.
| The Infanta Maria Teresa was disabled
| in the great naval battle just outside San
| tiago de Cuba harbor July last, when
| SIMPSONS ships, under the temporary
| command OF Commodore Schley, wiped
| out Cervera's squadron. The Teresa sailed
| out of the bay at 9:35 o'clock that morning
| bearing CerVeras flag and leading the
| Spanish squadron in its rush for liberty
| The Brooklyn, Texas, Oregon, Indiana and
| Iowa, assisted by the other vessels in the
| American navy, poured a storm of shell
| into the flying Spaniards. During the frs
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TO BE SENT TO NEUVITAS.
order Issued for the Movement OF
Troops to Cuba About No.
yember ~.

Washington. Nov. 4.-Secretary Al
ger issued the first order looking TO the
military occupation of Cuba by the
United States troops. The order was
issued only after very careful consid-
Grafton of the reports of the military
officers now in Cuba, and of the Hecker
board and other expert commissioners
which have been in the field. The or
der looks to the occupation of two
points to begin with. namely: Neuvitas
and Puerto Principe, but the Occupa-
ton will be extended as rapidly as the
Spanish evacuation proceeds. The or
der directs the movement to begin at
once. but according to the calculations
of the department it will scarcely be
possible to make the first landing be-
fore November %.
1t was explained at the war depart
ment that this first movement of troops
to Cuba was ordered in advance of the
date originally intended for the rea-
son that the Spanish evacuation com
missioncrs had unexpectedly notified
the American commissioners that they
intended to evacuate Puerto Principe
on the 22d of the present month. Con-
sequently it became necessary to have
United States troops on hand in Cuba
to replace these Spanish forces to main
tain order and protect life and prop
erty.
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REFUSE TO ACCEPT TERMS.
Spanish Peace Commissioners For
naIly Reject Our Proposition
Regarding the Philippines.

Paris, Nov. 5.-The Spanish commits
sioners, in the course of two-hours'
session of the peace conference Friday,
fatty refused To accept Mondays prop
osition by the Americans to take
the entire Philippine group and to
reimburse Spain for her pacific"
expenditures there. This negative
action was expected The Span
ish commissioners had also number
of positive declarations which filled
some 81 sheets of a typewriter present
ment. In this statement the Spaniards
held that the United States had no ulti-
mate rights in the Philippine islands
and could have none save by the con-
sent of Spain in these negotiations and
upon terms satisfactory to lier. Accord
ing to the Spanish contention in the
formal statement, the United States en-
tertained no thought of annexing the
Philippines when the protocol was
signed, or ii would have been expressed
in the protocol as clearly as the condi-
tons regarding the cession Of territory
in the Antilles and the orient. NJ. Cam
bon, before the signature of the proto-
col, received from Madrid-the present
ment Alleged cable dispatch clearly
setting forth that the maintenance of
Spain authority over the Philippines
should not be affected by the protocol,
to which reservation the United States
made at that time no protest or objec-
ton. This dispatch to NJ. Cambon, as
the Spaniards claimed, embodied also
the view that the United States had no
valid basis for claims in the archipel-
ago. 1t was further held by Senior Rios
and his colleagues that the capitulation
of Manila, having occurred after the
signing of the protocol, and thus after
the suspension of hostilities, was in
rn LII,
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STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham.
Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,

Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,
n. j., writes:
DEAR Mrs PISKHAM:-I cannot be-
gin to tell you how | suffered before
taking your remedies. l was so weak
that 1 could hardly walk across the floor
without falling. | had womb trouble
and such bearinr-down feeling also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
in womb, inflammation of the bladder,
piles and Indigestion. Before | had
taken one bottle Of Lydia E. Pinllham's
Vegetable Compound felt a great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half box OF your
Liver Pills was cured. If more would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer so much"
Mrs. JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East ST.,
Warren, Pa, writes:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have suf-
fered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. had Inflammation, enlarge
ment and displacement of the womb.
had the backache constantly, also
/ headache. and was so dizzy. ! had
heart trouble, il seemed as though my
heart was in my throat at times chok-
/ ing me. l could not walk around and
/ could not lie down, for then my heart
would beat SO fast ! would feel as
though / was smothering. L had TO
sit up in bed nights in order to breathe.
/ was so weak / conld not do any
thing.
Il have now taken several bot
I ties of Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
I Compound, and used three pack
/ ages of Sanative Wash, and can say
am perfectly cured. / do not think
I could have lived long if Mrs Pink
/ hams medicine had not helped me. !"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-10
cLUMSYBY's LACK OF TACT.
ing This Lack to His own
Account.

Zone of the things that have been most
helpful TO me in the course OF my HE, said
Mr.. Cluasyby, has been my lack of tact.
This may seem ike a contradiction, but 1t Is
really very simple.
Il have always fancied that / could attend
TO business for other people all right but
never had any tact about my own: that is,
about my personal relations with people,
always bungle them whenever / attempt to
do anything. Thus, If | have a misunder-
standing or difference with anybody about
anything and | set about Strengthening it
out, l can't possibly do it except in one way
| have to go at il tlat-footed; / haven't any
more diplomacy than stone image. And,
moreover, besides being clumsy about it,
am pretty sure to say too much; to say
things that II isn't necessary to say. In
other words, | haven't any tact at all
And at first this was great drawback to
me. But after awhile / made a discovery;
that If / didn't exercise my tact | shouldn' {
make any mistakes by it, and, following that
course for time, came to a realization of
the fact that there's a great lot OF things
that we run up against in life which may
be irritating at the time. that are, however.
not worth sQuabbling over at all. whether a
man got tact or not, and | was sure TO
make a mess Of these things if tried TO dc
anything about them, why, don't try;
simply let EN- goi
And that's what I've been doing now for
years, not bothering about every little trihe.
but letting the little things 90, and not both
ering about EN- at all; paying no attention
to them whatsoever. And so / have been
enabled to preserve my eQuanimity and
avoid all useless wear and tear: and thus my
lack of tact has finally proved most helpful
to me.
But have to keep watch all the time. -
N. Y. Sun.
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OCTAGONAL BARN.

Objectionable corners that in rectan-
gular silos give so much trouble. The
silo, being in the center of the barn,
can be carried up as high as may be
desired, and is most conveniently stu
ated with reference to feeding the
stock. In fact, this is one of the strong
points of the octagonal form for 4
barn-the ease with which the stock
can be fed.
In the plan illustrated the feed floor
is lighted by a large window in front
and by the light that is admitted in
great abundance behind the cattle.
The silo in the modern dairy barn is
expected to supply great part of the
bulky food, out some provision must be
made for the storing of hay and other
roughage. The space over the stalls
and pens, entirely around the barn,
is given up to this. The hay is hauled in
at the main doorway and carried
about to its destination by fork, or
it can be put in from the outside
through the windows that are shown
under the caves. Where the building
is located upon sloping ground a cell
lar for the storing of manure can be
had.
The barn plan shown here is about
SO feet in diameter. The stalls could
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-10
AN oCTAGoNAL BARN.
This Style of Architecture Saves Con-
siderable Space and Is just the
Thing for Dairy Farms.

The octagonal shape has been used
here and hereabout the country for
barns and other buildings, and with
generally satisfactory results. 1t
seems, therefore, somewhat strange
that with these few satisfactory ex-
amples before them our barn-builders
have not given more serious thought
TO this style of building, especially as
an octagon presents no difficult prob
lens in construction, and lends itself
admirably to giving a very large
amount OF available space for stock
ard for the storage of fodder.
As an Illustration of this idea a cut
and an indoor plan of an octagonal
dairy barn are presented herewith.
By this plan a large amount of space
is afforded for cattle stalls, while still
giving space for calf pens, box stall
for cows and a grain and implement
room. IN the ordinary barn the silo
must come out OF space that might
otherwise be utilized for stock. Here
il occupies the center of the barn, and
is Itself octagonal in shape-a style
that highly commends itself to the
dairyman, since it does away with the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-10
DAMAGED BY FIRE.
Explosion Causes Ruin in the Cap
itol Building at Washington.
Supreme Court Room the Greatest
Loser-;tamaEe Not So Large ms
at First Feared - Valuable
Manuscripts Destroyed.

Washington. Nov. S.-The big capitol
building was the scene of wreck and
desolation Monday following the eX-
plosion and fire of Sunday which
wrought such serious havoc. The fire
was started by a gas explosion in the
vicinity of the supreme court cham
Der. An examination of the courtroom
showed that the damage was confined
to discolored walls and ceilings and
soaked carpets. No substantial damage
had been done.
Valuable Records Damaged
The only damage that cannot be made
good was done in the fileroom of the
supreme court, in the basement, where
were stored all the official records and
the original copies of opinions, from
the foundation of the government. All
these opinions have been printed but
the original manuscripts were highly
valued.
This room was almost over the scene
Of the explosion, and it was one of
the first compartments of the capitol
to be attacked. The documents here
were SlOIeu away III al OIhtLiN Ilidll-
Eer in wooden cases, and none of them
had any other protection except the
records of the court from 1892 TO 1892
which were encased in tin boxes. The
flames appear to have completely err
veloped this room, but they were only
sufficiently intense to badly char all
the woodwork and many of the doc
uments. Comparatively few of the pa
Pers were absolutely destroyed, but
those which suffered this fate were
among the most valuable in the room
They included the original opinions OF
the court in the early days of the re-
public, and among them were many
manuscripts prepared in the handwrit-
ing of the jurists of the days of Wash.
ing1on, jefferson and Adams.
Damage to the Building.
The library of the supreme court
which, next to the congressional Ii
brary, is the most valuable collection oil
books in Washington, escaped with lit
| tie damage, the wrecked elevator shaft
and upheaved stone floors being at the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-10

Detroit, Mich, Nov. THE new five
story Wonderland theater is in hope
less mass of debris. and at least twelve
lives were sacrificed by an accident
which occurred Saturday afternoon.
The known dead are as follows: John
Creszelski, laborer; James Gegerschke,
laborer; August Januschowsd, labor
err; Cornelius McCarron, lather; Theo-
dore Mertens, laborer; August Sallach,
laborer; Martin Shafer, painter; George
W. White, timer; Peter Pfeife, Frank
Wolfe, Max Poll and Charles Mielke
The cause of the catastrophe was either
too much weight in the roof or faulty
steel beams used in the construction.
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Remove the stones from 1sripe april
cots and put them into a small pre-
serve kettle with one pound of loaf
sugar and a gill of water. Stir this on
brisk fire until the whole of the fruit
is dissolved, and then rub through a
hair sieve into large basin, add two
ounces of clarified isiuglass, and fill a
Jelly mold (ready Embedded in rough
ice), with the preparation. When the
cheese is set firm turn it out on a dish
and fill the center with whipped cream.
y. \. Ledger.
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Mines to he Consolidated

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 5.-A Free Press
special from Houghton, Mich, says the
Mass, Ridge, Ogemaw, Hazard and Mer-
rimac mines, located near Ontonagon,
are to be consolidated. After consoIi-
dation they will be known as the Mass
Consolidated Mining company. At the
outset the company will be stocked at
So, $780, 900. The consolidation will give
the company control over about 1900
acres of land on the mineral belt. 1t is
hoped that 500 men will be employed
within year.
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by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
10y constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an intiamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
tins tube gets intiamed you have a rumbhng
sound or imperfect hearing and when it Is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing viii be destroyed forever;
nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh.
which is nothing but an intiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars. free.
+. j. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The nonsalaried commission APP
pointed by Gov. Scofeld TO inquire into
and report concerning prison labor and
make an appropriation will hold a ses-
sion at the Pfster hotel in Milwaukee
from November IA TO November 10, and
in order to make the proper report.
with such recommendations as may be
pertinent, the commission desires to
hear from the labor organizations and
others interested in the subject.
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More Trouble at Pana, III.

Pana, H., Nov. There was re-
news Of hostilities Sunday between
union miners and imported negroes
from Alabama. A negro attacked James
Boyle, a union miner, near the depot,
which caused battle. Twenty-Five or
30 shots were exchanged. Two negroes
were wounded. No white miners were
wounded. Maj. Butler Immediately
sent a detachment of soldiers and gait
ling gun to the scene. No arrests have
been made thus far. No further trouble
- axrnaotaI
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Rnrned Mt Sen.

Vineyard Haven, Mass, Nov. 5.-A
disaster at sea, with loss of life, five
persons in all, was made known Friday
by the landing here of % persons who
escaped from the burning steamer
Croatan, of the Clyde line, bound from
New York for Wilmington, n. G., and
Georgetown, S. C. The disaster oc-
Cured on November /, about IS miles
north OF Cape Charles, and about 206
miles from New York, from which port
the steamer sailed on October 81, with
a general cargo and eight passengers.
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TRAGEDY DOWN SOUTH.
Man Kills Two Brothers MT PineviIle
Ky.-PrincipaI Witness to the
Affair Found Dead.

Livingston, KY, Nov. 4.-John Mead
ows shot and killed John and Clayton
Mathews, brothers, at Piueville, this
county, at night. Meadows was a
hool-teacher Meadows surrendered
and is now in Jail. Pagan, the most
prominent witness, was found dead
Thursday in his storeroom, where he
slept for years. The indications are
that he was murdered, and the coroner
is holding an inquest
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INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT.

be considerably narrower than shown
in the diagram. twenty-five stalls
could thus be made. This number, with
a large silo, two pens, a boxstall and
a grainroom, all on the first floor,
shows a remarkable capacity for a
building no larger than this. The facts
that are thus made prominent certain
ly ought to command the attention of
dairymen who are planning to build a
barn this season for the economical
housing of their stock.-N. Y. Tribune.
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Floods In Cuba.

Havana, Nov. Sowing to the con-
slant rains which have fallen recently
the streams in the province of Matanzas
have overfowed, flooding over 1000
acres in the Rogue district of that
province. The land inundated had just
been planted with sugar cane and fruit
trees after three years of neglect, and
the disaster has again plunged the in
habitants of this district into the deep
est misery. The Yumuri valley has also
been flooded
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Lived In Baraboo.

Mrs Rudolphus Sanderson, who was
arrested al Battle Creek. Mich, charged
with numbering her husband, formerly
lived in Baraboo. and her parents,
brothers and sisters now reside there
Her father, Henry NJ. Butterfield, is a
retired farmer, who moved to Baraboo
from the township of Greenfield about
ten years ago, at which time Mrs. San
derson came with the other members
of the family.
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LESSON FROM ABROAD.
How the Work of Forest Preserva-
ton is Carried on Systemat-
fcaIIy In Germany.

A correspondent of the Chicago Rec
ord tells about the way trees are
guarded in Germany. The German
government tries to keep about % per
cent of the land in trees, and this re-
suits in beautiful park-like forests, es-
pecially along the hills and mountains
and other rough lands that could not
be agriculturally cultivated.
There is a minister of forests in the
cabinet, and the whole empire is di-
vided into districts, each one presided
over by director, who ranks the same
as o colonel in the army This man
must be a graduate Of one of the four
established schools of forestry in the
empire and must hold a degree from a
university. Each of these districts is
again divided into smaller areas, over
which is an inspector, who ranks as a
captain, his rule extending over sew
eral townships, in each of which is a
head forester with several assistants,
all of whom must be men educated for
this service.
These officers have charge of all the
forest growth of the country, public
and private. Parks, gardens, pleasure
grounds, streets and boulevards are
all under their jurisdiction, and not a
tree in the empire but is subject to
their dictum. They see that all public
grounds are kept in order, direct what
trees may or shall be cut, and if any
man fells a tree without being given
permission to do SO he is subject to a
heavy penalty.
Every land owner must keep GER
tain proportion of his land in trees,
which must be planted and carel FOR
under the supervision Of the head for
ester. Fruit trees on public or pri-
vate grounds are subject to the same
close supervision.
1t might be well if some such super
vision were possible in this country,
but our only hope for forest preserva-
tion is in making it popular by con-
tinued agitation and higher educa ton.
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KILLED BY THE CARS.
Two Women Meet Death While Try
lag to Cross Railway Tracks
at Lan.dOn, Md.

Washington, Nov. Airs. Florence
George and Miss Kate McAtee, both of
this city, were killed by Baltimore &
Ohio railroad train Wednesday night
at Langdon, Md, about four miles out
of town. They had been attending a
party and were crossing the tracks to
take train for Washington when they
we're struck by an express train and IN
stantly killed.
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THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON, DAMAGED FIRE NOV. 6.

Is minutes of the engagement the Oquendo
and the Maria Teresa were set on fire by
the American shells and were run to shore
and beached There the Maria Teresa lay
until raised by Lieut.. Hobson and entered
into the American navy as one of it's cruis-
ers.
The cruiser cost the Spanish governm mt
SO, 600, 600 and the United States spent SIPS 900
refittng her for the sea. She represented
Spain at the ceremony OF the Grant monu-
ment unwilling in April last year.l
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state Normal Schools.

The biennial report to the gov
ernor of President Thompson of the
state board of normal regents for the
period ended August 81 last shows that
the attendance has increased over 81
per cent. in four ears and 30 per cent.
in the past two years The total dis
bursements for the two years were
1921, 6so.s2 for 1867, and $34o,623.31
for 1918