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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13
INDIAN SCHOOLS.
Commissioner Jones Tells of the hem
efcent Eject of Education oRa
Race of SuvRges.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-The annual report
o. Commissioner of Indian Affairs William
A. Jones shows a general steady advance
ment in the condition Of the nations
wards" Education. the greatest factor in
solving the status of the Indians, is being
pushed forward in the service and now
there are 147 well-equipped boarding
schools, and an equal number OF day
schools engaged in the education of 23,-
e52 pupils. The average attendance ard en-
rollment has steadily Increased for the
past q years. Vigorous inquiries made by
commissioners during the year show sig
nificantly that So per cent of these pupils
who have gone through the schools and re-
turned to their homes are reported 10 be
In good physical condition. contrary TO the
frequent suggestion that the change might
break a naturally strong and vigorous con-
stitution. OF the pupils attending se& COL
three per cent. are reported ; excellent or
first-class, 73 per cent. as good or medium,
while only "a per cent. are considered bad
or worthless, showing in the commission
er's judgment, the value of a system. which
caa in a generation develop from ssvEges
&c per cent. of good average men and women.
Agents are now being urged to greater ex-
ertions to fill the schools to the limit Of
their capacity by placing therein every
child of school age on the reservation
whose physical condition will warrant
school confinement, and future develop
ments Mr.. Jones predicts, will undoUbted-
ly en- .asize that a regulation enforcing
compulsory attendance upon the schools
must be enacted. The placing Of Indian
children in the public schools Of re coun-
tr-- for the purpose of coeducation of the
races does not appear to meet with much
success, but fuller test of its value and
practicsbllity is to be made this year.
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Oakley HALL DEAD.
Man Who Was Mayor of New York
During the Tweed Regime
Passes Away.

New York Oct. s.-Ex-Mayor A.
Oakley Hall died Friday night of heart
failure at his home at GS Washington
square, South New York, aged 76
years.
[Mr Hall was for Is years district attor-
ney Of New York city and mayor during the
Tweed regime. lie afterwards went
abroad, residing for a number OF years In
Europe. He was at one time editor Of the
New York World and afterwards repre-
scented several other New York papers in
European capitals. Several years ago he
returned to this country and again be-
came connected with New York newspa-
pers. Since his return he has written ed
itorials for a newspaper devoted TO Tam
many Halls interests, and he has also writ
ten many special articles for other news
papers reviewing his career at home and
abroad.l
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Tie Kentucky court of appeals holds
the separate coach law valid.
Commodore W. p. Mccain says Gen.
Maine blown up.
T. p. Gore, a blind man, has been
nominated for congress by the popu-
lists of a Texas district.
just at present two women-Queen
Victoria and the empress of China
rule over one-half the worlds popula-
ton.
Two prominent members of the Mis-
rouri legislature are A. T. Sober, of
Carthage, and A. L. Booze, of Marys-
Vile.
a San Francisco character is Capt
Goddard Z. d. Diamond, who claims to
be 102 years old, and gets his living
as book agent,
Dora Richardson, the divorced child
wife of Gen. Cassius Marcellus Clay,
was married at Keene, Ky, to Riley
Brock. "a years old.
Rear Admiral Phelps is the only sur
yiying member of the first graduating
class from the naval academy. There
were AZ members in the class.
The grand camp. United Confederate
Veterans of Virginia. has placed itself
on record as claiming the right to Sc
cede from the union at will.
Ignacio, the aged chief Of the Utes,
has been paying his second visit to
Denver When he was there before
only one white man lived there.
While a circus was exhibiting at
Franklin. Va, a lion tanner put his
head into the brute's mouth. when
the lion shut down. biting his head off.
Miss f. Bonomi. who has received the
NJ. D. degree from the University of
Genoa, is said to be the first woman
to secure a degree from any Italian
university.
The voyage of the Oregon and Iowa
from New York TO Manila by way OF
the Straits of Magellan viii be the
longest continuous voyage ever made
by any warship.
Queen Liliuokalani will leave Homo
lulu for Washington about the middle
of November it is said. to present her
claims against congress for remunera-
ton for the loss of her throne.
John D. Rockefeller has let the con-
tract for the largest monolith ever
quarried In the United States. 1t Will
mark the family lot of John D. Rocke-
teller in Lakeview cemetery, Cleve-
land, o.
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A REVIEW OF TRADE.
business Situation of the United
States for Week Reported
by Dun's Agency.

New York Oct. S-R G. Dun & Co. IN
their weekly review OF trade say: THE
iron industry still gains so rapidly that
an unhealthy boom would seem to be in
progress but for the peculiar conditions
In spite OF the combination Of valley pro-
ducers, who now propose a joint selling
agency at Pittsburgh, sales run a little
below their fixed figures, $40 80 being quoted
at Pittsburgh ard So. % for gray forge, While
southern ard local iron are steady a Chi
cago and anthracite is not stronger at
Philadelphia. But the consuming demand
is remarkably heavy and large contracts
this week cover 5000 tons structural iron
at Chicago, S000 tons for Boston, 2C00 tons
ship plates at Cleveland and a heavy de-
mand for bars, the Pennsylvania railroad
requiring $500 cars and the Northwestern
1000
Wheat has been declining little, with
foreign reports somewhat more favorable
as 10 European crops. All reports still in
dicate that farmers are quite generally
holding back their crop in the hope OF
higher prices. and collections at the west
are almost everywhere retarded on that
account, and yet the western receipts
amount to 1882 $50 bushels, against S,Slo,-
20 for the same week last year. Nor Is the
corn crop any obstruction, for while 1881. =
O02 bushels were exported curing the week
against lS55,G67 last year. the movement
does not indicate large supplies In the in.
terror But nobody can tell a yet how
much grain Europe viii require during the
coming year
Failures for the week have been 16,
in the United States, agairst 212 last year
and 23 in Canada, against 20 last year"
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MORE PEACEFUL.
Gen. Bakers UItimatum Withdrawn--Par-
don offered Hostile Indians.

Gen. Bakers UItimatum Withdrawn--Par-
don offered Hostile Indians.
Walker, Mimi, Oct 1.-The hand
of war is stayed, awaiting the peace
full ministrations of the church.
Father Aloysius has left for the hos
tile camp, accompanied by Gus Beau
lieu, Chief Kay Gway- Way Bo-Nung of
the Bear Island Pillrgers, and Frank
Ellis, the half-breed teamster at the
agency.
The embassy bears message of
peace from Commissioner Jones, in
stead of the rather warlike one written
yesterday by General Bacon and signed
by Inspector Tinker before the arrival
of Mrs. Jones.
Soon after Mr. Jones arrived last
night he had long conference with
General Bacon. Wheu he learned the
nature of the message that was to be
sent, he advised that it be recalled,
not because of the promises made, but
for fear that the threats made would
offend the hostiles and stiffen their
back bone.
Both these Indians have relatives in
the hostile camp and runners who re-
turned this morning from Black Duck
Point brourh hit a request that they ac
company Father Aloysius
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HAS FAIRLY COMMENCED.
The TrienniaI COncIaVe of the
knights TempInr at Pitts
burEh, Pa.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. with the ar
rival CT Grand Commander ii. II.
Kuhn, of Pennsylvania and the open
ing of the headquarters at the Monon-
gahela house, the triennial conclave of
the Knights TempIar may be said to
have been fairly commenced From
this time on small bands of knights
will arrive and by Saturday night the
first communicates will be here. Some
Communicates from distant points are
low on their way here, but intend
stopping at various points of interest.
The executive committee is hard at
work and little in the way of prelim-
inaries remains to be arranged for tbs
entertainment of the visitors. The
latest estimate of the knights expect
ed here places the number at 10000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13
THE TIME SET.
President Says Spanish Troops Must
BE Out of Puerto Rico by
October IS.

Washington, Oct s. President Nc
Kinley has cabled the United States
military commission at Puerto Rico
that the island must be evacuated by
the Spanish forces on or before De-
tober IS. and that the Spanish commits
sioners be so informed In ease of the
failure Of the Spaniards to complete
the evacuation by that date the United
States commissioners are directed TO
take possession of and exercise all OF
the functions of government.
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ARMY ORGANIZATION.
Order Issued Forming New Corps to
BE Stationed at Macon, Au-
Eusta and Huntsville.

Washington, Oct. 8.-A general order
was issued Friday organizing new
army corps and designating various
points where the troops shall be sta
toned. The Third Fifth and Sixth
corps are discontinued; the First, Sec
end and Fourth corps recognized.
They are 10 be commanded respective
IL b Mai. Gems. Breckenridge, Graham
and Wheeler. The headquarters of
each corps viii be:
First corps, Macon, Ga; Second corps,
Augusta Ga; Fourth corps, Hun tsWlle,
Ala.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13
A FATAL Collision.

Indianola, Neb., Oct. Two trains
collided in the Burlington yards at
this place at midnight Wednesday
night, causing the loss of three lives,
slight injuries to four others and dam
age to railroad property amounting to
many thousands. The dead are; Sol
Brace, engineer; L. j. Walters, fire
man, and William McCarl, brakeman.
The injured are: Engineer Arson,
Engineer Burton, Brakeman Bundberg
and a stockman, name unknown. An
east-bound freight standing on the
bound fast stock train. Both engines
were totally wrecked. The response
bilitv for the accident has not yet been
,,Iocad
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REPUBLICANS MEET.
Hold State Convention in Mnssnchu-
sets and RenOminRte Gov. Roger
WoIcott-The Platform.

Boston, Oct. THE state conven-
ton of the republican party was held
in Music hall.
The platform adopted commends
the administration for the conduct Of
the war. comments upon the generally
favorable industrial conditions, re-
affirms the ST. Louis platform and in
dorses the plan for a stronger army
and navy and the reorganization Of
the national guard. Concerning Cuba
and the Philippines it calls for pol
Icy (which shall insure them the full.
est blessings of freedom and self-gov-
eminent"
Gov. Roger Wolcott was unanimously
renominated, as was also w. Muir
ray Crane, of Dalton. for lieutenant
governor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13

Washington, Oct. 6.--Three Wit
pesses were before the war Investigate
ing commission Friday, Gen. Greene,
who participated in the battle at Ma
Mia; Col. Lee, chief quartermaster at
Camp Thomas, and Maj. Hersey, who
was for time in command of the
Roosevelt rough riders. Each admitted
the possibility Of individual cases of
suffering and discomfort, but all said
that the vast majority of complaints
we're exaggerated, if not without
foundation They agreed in saying
that no army was ever so abundantly
ard luxuriously supplied as was the
American army in the Spanish war.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13
De,tb of Admiral Febiger.

Easton. Md, Oct. 11.-Admiral John
Carson Febiger, United States navy, re-
tired. died at Londonderry, his resi-
dence near Easton, in his seventy
eighth year. He was Of Danish ances-
try and entered the navy as midship-
man from Ohio in 1898, and was in the
Concord, of the Brazil squadron, when
she was wrecked on the eastern coast
of Africa in 1913. Later he was for
some years in the coast survey service
and in the East India squadron.
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4 ,TrrrIbIe TRAGEDY.

Paris, Oct IA terrible tragedy
has taken place at ST. Patrice, near
Chinon, in the department Of Indirect
Loire, on the Nienne. While the parish
priest, the venerable Able Fleural was
conducting services burglars entered
the presbytery and murdered his aged
housekeeper. They then awaited the
abbe's return and beat him also to
death. afterward ransacking the
house.
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Murdered a soldier.

Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 11.-Jobn
Corbett, company y, First North Caro-
lima, was shot and fatally wounded
Monday night by Clint Robinson,
company ], Fourth Illinois While
intoxicated, Corbett assaulted Rob
inson with an ak. Robinson at first
shot into the air, but finally had
to bring down Corbett to save his
own life. Corbett will not survive.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.
itinerary Made out for His visit
TO the misunderstanding
Exposition.

Washington, Oct. 7. = The following
is the itinerary of the presidents trip
to the Trans-Mississipp exposition at
Omaha:
Leave Washington Monday, October 10,
nine a. m. Arrive in Chicago Tuesday
morning. Leave Chicago same morning
Short stops al Clinton, Cedar Rapids Mar
shalltown and Boone, Ia. Arrive at Omaha
al $50 p. m. Spend Wednesday at Omaha
Leave Omaha at $3.50 a. m, Thursday
Short stops al Creston, Ottumwa and Bur
lington, Ia, and Monmouth and Gales
burg, III. Arrive at st. Louis at nine a. m
Friday, spending the day there and leav-
ing In the evening. Arrive az Terre Haute
at $50 a. m. Saturday; short stop. Arrive
at Arcola. Ill. at II 80 a. m: short stop
Arrive al Chicago at five p. m. Saturday.
AT Chicago Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. Leave Chicago al II p
m. on the 10th; a short stop at Nobleville,
Ind. Arrive at indianapolis at 1850 a. m.
Arrive at Cincinnati al 1880 p. m. leave
Cincinnati a 1:45 p. m. Arrive at Column
bus at five p. m. Leave Columbus $50
p. m. Arrive at Pittsburgh at ore a m.
on the 22d. Arrive at Washington four
p. m. on the 22d.
Canton, O., Oct. II. - After attending
the funeral OF George d. Saxton,
his brother-inLaw, President Me
Kinley boarded the Omaha special
train at o:10 Monday night. Mrs. Nc
Kinley remained in Canton, but will
join the president at Chicago in time
for the peace jubilee. The members Of
the party on the special are the presi-
dent, Secretary Bliss, Secretary Wilson,
Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn,
Secretary John Allison Porter and As
sstant Secretary George B. Cortelyou.
P7stmaster-General Smith and Secre-
tary Gage are expected TO join the party
at Omaha. Gov Shaw, of Iowa, and his
staff will take the train at Clinton, Ia,
in order TO be present at the expo
sition on Wednesday, presidents
day"
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RIanco to Hold Havana.

Paris, Oct. 1.-THE Spanish commits
sioners were instructed Monday that
if the demands in regard to the Philip
pines are insisted upon by the United
States, Gen. Blanco, whose army is now
reprovisoned and supplied with arms
and ammunition, and consists of vet
eran, acclimated troops, will not evac-
uate Havana and its defenses until the
Philippine question is settled on the
basis of the recognition of Spanish
sovereignty in the archipelago.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13

Paris, Oct 10.-The government has
issued special orders to the garrisons Of
numerous towns near the capital to
send Immediately to Paris 500 infantry
each. The Journal Des Debats declares
that these reenforcements Will amount
to 10000 men. The paper expresses
the hope that the country is not on the
eve of q revolution. All the troops viii
be supplied with two days rations and
60 rounds Of ball cartridges.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13
LATER NEWS,

1t is settled that the United States
will take charge of Cuba Dec l.
The naval board at Brooklyn an.
nounces that Sampson planned the de-
struction of Cervera's fleet.
Spain now talks of keeping troops
in Cuba
While a salute was being fired for
the presidential train at Boone, Iowa,
Fred Reinhart ran in front of the can
non and his head was blown off.
Jesse James, Jr., son of the noted
outlaw, is under arrest at Kansas City
for train robbery.
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Hanged.

Salem, Mass, Oct s. - Alfred c. Will
liams was hanged for the murder OF
John Gallo. an inoffensive Italian farm
laborer. in the Salem jail Friday Gallo
was frugal, and robbery was the motive
of the crime.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13

In the death of Fanny Davenport,
which occurred at her home in Dux-
bury, Mass, the American stage has
lost one Of it's most striking figures.
Miss Davenport descended from fam
fly Of players and inherited n love for
the stage which took her behind the
footlights when she was only ten years
Of age and kept her there uninterrupt-
cdIy through life.
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Liabilities Of ~. 500. 600.

New York, oct. 7.-National Bank
Examiner Kimball had not finished his
investigation of the affairs Of the
Tradesmcn's bank Thursday, but he
had gone far enough into the books OF
the concern to show him that he LA
blities would not be less than $3,soo,-
GOO, and that they would probably
reach S4.000.00o This is more than
five times the amount of the banks
capital-$750.00 l-on which il is es-
timated that President James Mac
Naughton ard those associated with
him were dong business of at least
Sa0n 600 a daX
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13

Boys stoned Elsie Jackson. aged ten
years, to death, at Shelbyyille, Ind,
At Liberty, Mo. the Bankers & Mer-
chants Mutual Fire Insurance COM
pany assigned.
In session in Chicago the Rock River
Methodist conference declared for
equal lay epresenta ton by vote of
200 to 6.
The American board of foreign mis-
sions, in session in Grand Rapids, Mich,
for the first time in the 90 years of its
history, elected woman, Margaret j.
Evans, of Minnesota, as a member.
In the streets in Canton. O., George
D. Saxton, the only brother of Mrs.
William Mckinley, was murdered. and
Mrs. Anna George, an intimate friend
of the dead man, was under arrest,
charged with having fired the fatal
shots.
a large number of counterfeit 500
silver certificates were discovered in
San Francisco.
At Garrett, Ind, Jesse Clancy shot
and killed his divorced wife and then
took his own life.
On his flagship, the Philadelphia. Adj
miral Miller, who raised the United
States flag over Hawaii, returned to San
Francisco.
The president and wife arrived in
Canton, O., to attend the funeral Of
George d. Saxton, brother of Mrs Nc
Kinley. who was murdered.
Matte Mahoney and Howard Clark
were shot to death near Rockport, Ind,
by officers from Owensboro, Ky, while
resisting arrest for murder.
The Oregon legislature elected Jo-
seph Simon (rep.), of Portland, United
States senator.
Harry Jones, of Chicago, was killed
and ten other persons were seriously
injured in a collision of trains in
Omaha.
Fire destroyed the Hotel Grand at
Leeds, Ia, and two men were burned to
death.
The yellow fever has nearly depop-
ulated Jackson, Miss. and persons who
remain there are on the verge of starva-
ton.
Frank and Emil Daniels and Joe Jun
kle were burnedto death in barn near
Green Bay, Wis.
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Yacht Capsizcd.

Troy, n. y, Oct. IN. L. Weather
bv, commodore of the Troy Yacht
club, and three companions, Stephen
j. Mallory, Mrs. William j. Breslin and
Miss Elizabeth Savage, were drowned
by the capsizing Of yacht in the IIud-
son river, three miles north Of this
city, Wednesday night. The bodies
have not been recovered. The accident
was due to the swift current in the
river occasioDed by the prevailing
freshet, which threw the yacht against
4 wire strung near Riverdale camp,
which place the party left at nine
o'clock in the evening to return to this
city.
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FOREIGN INTELLICENCE.

In London the Chinese legation Off
cially contradicts the report of tho en-
peror's death.
In a runaway at Balmoral, Scotland,
Queen Victoria and her daughter, ex-
Empress Frederick of Germany, had
4 narrow escape from death.
Russia, while urging disarmament of
the nations and universal peace, is
actively preparing for any possible
war.
One thousand lives were probably
lost IN a fire that nearly destroyed
Hankow, China.
In accordance with the demands of
the powers the sultan will withdraw
the Turkish troops from Crete.
England sent an ultimatum to Paris
giving France "a hours to order Maj
Marchand out of Fashoda, in the Nile
valley.
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The $1,000 given in trust by Benja-
min Franklin in 1890 to help worthy
apprentices and for other public OBJ
iects in Boston now amounts to $780,
900 and has been decided to be t the
disposal of the city. y difference of
opinion exists as to its proper use.
One proposition is to eXpend 1t in
building trade schools, this being in
line with Franklin's intent.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

Senator Morgan, of Alabama, called
on the president to inform him of the
success of the Hawaiian commission.
Advices received by officials of the
war department in ashington from
the Indian outbreak in Minnesota were
of a reassuring character, and they
now feel that the uprising may be re-
garded as over.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs w.
Jones in his annual report shows a
general steady advancement in the
condition Of the nations wards"
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Chicago, Oct. z.-Ex-Judge Sidney
Smith, a resident of Chicago since 1856,
an old-time member of the Cook coun-
ty bar, and prominent on the bench
and in politics, died suddenly Thurs
day, aged 60. He had been in feeble
health for the last few years. In 1884
Judge Smith was the unsuccessful re-
publican candidate for mayor of Chi
cago against the elder Carter Harri-
son,
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Springfield, H.. Oct, 11.-Albert
Stanley and George Il. Ritter, the latter
son of former Superintendent of
Streets Nicholas Ritter, were arrested
in this city Monday, charged with rob-
bing Frederick Lella of $4,000. Stan
ley confessed. Leka is a wealthy re-
tired farmer. OF late he has been liv-
ing with the Stanleys in Springfield.
He buried his wealth in the barn and
yard back of the Stanley house at
night. Stanley and Ritter watched
him, and have been robbing him a in
teryals. Mrs. Stanley discovered the
rohherv and informed the police.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-10-13

The department Of agriculture esti-
mates that the street sweepings
thrown away in this country are worth
$4,000, 600 a year. Commercialism is
not the trouble with Americans. A
charge OF needless waste would come
nearer the mark