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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.
General superintendent submits HIS
Annual Report. from which Ex-
tracts Appear Below.

Washington, Nov 1.-The annual report
OF the general superintendent OF the rail-
way mail serFl1e shows that al the close
OF the year there were S0I4 clerks employed
and that vito the closed pouch and ex
press pouch service the grand total Of miles
trayersed in The service was 2S5. SCI. 343 Mat
ter so iIegibly addressed as 10 require
special attention before delivery could be
effected. or viii could not be delivered at
all, amounted to 4S6 pieces for the
year, Iooo.5So pieces of which were re-
turned TO writer's or corrected and for
warded TO destination. he rest being turned
into the dead letter office for disposition.
The general superintendent deplores the
fact that the number of casualties hast
year exceeded the record OF any previous
year, though the number OF fatalities was
not so great. There were 59 casualties. in
which seven clerks were killed. 81 seriously
injured and lac slightly injured II Is urged
that some provision be made by congress
for the relief of the families of clerks
killed while on duty and for the crea-
tlon of railway mail service relief FUND
for the benei, of mail clerks totally ~
abled or injured In the lire OF duty.
An innovation is proposed IN the way OF
esta blishing po' tai stations In railway dep
OTIS. and this srd other recommendations
have been approved bv the second assist
ant postmaster general.
Quite comprehensive statement on the
part that the railway mail service took
In the forwarding of mails to and II ON the
military camps during the war just closed
and the dispa lchng Of mails TO and from
the army and navy n and around Cuba.
Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands is
given and a loi.g list Of Improvements and
extensions in the service is shown.
II is estimated thai sS92S,1lS viii be re-
CURED for sa.a.Ies of railway postal clerks
for the year ending June 30, 1900 and s4.204.
800 for railway post office cars exclusive
Of subsidized hnes),
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03
DISASTER ON LAKE ONTARIO.
Schooner st. Peter Goes Down-The
Captain Alone SnVed-At Least
Eight Perished.

Rochester, n. Y, Oct. 2S.-A special
10 the Herald from Sodus says: The
three-masted schooner ST. Peter, of St.
Vincent, sank Thursday noon about
five miles northwest of Sodus, on Lake
Ontario, with all on board save Capt.
John Griffin, who was rescued in pre-
carious condition. The wife of the
captain was lost, also Mate McLaren,
Of Kingston. Eight persons at least
persisted. Glen Jolley and Jacob Yer
burg, of this town, were standing on
shore when the ST. Peter went down,
and declare that the boat was not
more than half mile from shore. 1t
is thought that the St. Peter lost her
rudder, and that the heavy seas caused
her to spring a leak. The St. Peter
was bound from Oswego to Toledo,
with 700 tons of coal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03
In THE FLOWERY KINGDOM.
An Interesting Incident in the Daily
Life OF Her Majestic High
ness, the Emprcs1.

Her majesty, Isl An, empress of China,
sat in her palace in the purple forbidden
city, with her brow resting on her thumb
and her index finger pushed up through her
bang. Rousing herself presently from her
profound absorption she beckoned TO pea
nut-eolored person plastered up against the
yellow silk tapestry.
Swat him, she said where is the en-
peror:"
Dash your ignominious slave into a mil
hon atoms, oh, amethyst flower of the
celestial kingdom, he responded, lying fiat
on his stomach before her, but your slave
wotteth not
"Wot?' she screamed.
No, most purple of our yell0west lilies
of the Yankee Use klang. | do not wot
where the emperor is
And this to me- she cried
Most beauteous descendant of all the
gods, your vile slave speaks but the truth.
though he lies here on his very stomach
lie wotteth not where the emperor is +"
Slave, dog, canine, wretch, scum of the
Yellow river, did not tell you what to doy''
Truly, most divine of all the gentler
purple peonles Of Picking, and your slave did
It 10 the queens taste, SO to speak"
Aha, then he is dead?'
As mackerel, oh, yellow anemone of
the crystal sea
Why hest thou. knowing that he is
dead?"
How the dickens, most marvellous of man.
DARN matrons, do | know where he is? I'm
no fortune teller"
"Oho, aha, smiled her majesty, again re-
lapslng to thought, bring on another. -
Washington Star.
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GRAIN GOES ABROAD.
Enormous Shipments of Wheat and
Corn to European Ports Are
Being Made.

Philadelphia, Oct. 31.-More than
100000 bushels of wheat and corn
cleared the custom house Saturday on
steamers bound to European ports.
The shipments consisted principally OF
corn, the British steamship Picton TAX
ing 1868 bushels for Ipswich; the
British steamship Cairo 10000 bushels
to Sligo, and the British steamship
Strathisla 10000 bushels to Rotterdam,
besides a large general cargo. The
cargo of the Bristish steamship Roxby
consisted of $4,000 bushels Of whea,
for Antwerp. The American line steam
ship Aragonia took out to Liverpool
more than 100000 bushels of grain, be-
sides large general cargo. The ship
ments of wheat and corn from Phila-
delphia since January 1 have aggre-
gated over $4,000 900 bushels.
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WILL CURTAIL THEIR TRIP.
Emperor and Empress of Germany
VIII Hasten Home Because of
European Complications.

Jerusalem, Nov. /. - The emperor
and empress of Germany are curtailing
their visit to the Holy Land. They
have abandoned their trip to Jericho
owing to European complications, and
it is believed they will not go to Syria.
Various reasons are ascribed for the
emperor's curtailment of his journey,
but it is said that the main cause is the
excessive heat and the discomfort If
travel. Nearly 40 horses have already
succumbed and the emperor has, there
fore, decided to return to Haifa from
Jaffa by sea.
Their majesties have spent consider
able time amid the scenes connected
with the Saviour's nativity. They have
visited the pool of Bethesda. the traGi-
tional sight of the ascension and the
garden of Gethsemane, and have en-
joyed the magnificent view of the Dead
sea and the plain of Jericho, to be had
from the summit of the Mount of
Olives
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03

The principal book store in Havana
had more than so English grammars
on its shelves when the protocol was
signed. All were sold in two days
The proprietor ordered two dozen
more, which arrived Friday week, and
were all sold within "a hours. The
most aristocratic girls school in Ha-
vana is the Convent of the Sacred
Heart, in Cerro. The mother superior
said to a Herald correspondent: "At
the request of the pupils parents we
have entirely suspended the study Of
French. This enables us to devote the
extra amount Of time to the study OF
English" Good evening" is supplant-
ing "Buenos noches" at the clubs.
Friends, meeting in ;he evening, fire.
quently practice the new language so
far as their limited knowledge vii!
permit. The first word of English that
enters the Spanish mind is invariably
the expression "all right" The aver
age citizen Of Havana apparently re-
CARDS the mastery OF this phrase a
great accomplishment, and uses 1t on
all possible occasions. Your hackman
says "all right" when you give the ad-
dress TO which you want him to drive.
and he makes the same remark when
YOU pay him, y. Herald.
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FIVE INDIANS KILLED.
Redskins I'm OreEOn-More Trouble
Feared by Settlers.

Canyon City, Ore, Oct. 2s.-A young
man who was a member of the sher-
ifs posse just returned here with a re-
port of a desperate fight between the
whites ana a renegade band of Indians,
The 10 white men and five buck war
riors were about 40 feet apart when
the battle began. George Cuttings,
son of David Cuttings, received a ball
in the left arm, and it passed through
mis- lungs. He started, in company with
NJ. Mosier, for lee, near the scene OF
the trouble. The wounded man be-
came so weak that he was left near the
trail, propped up against a tree. When
{ searching party vent to look for him
they found his dead body near a spring,
where he mad crawled. The posse con-
tiEucd the pursuit. and after a run
ming battle killed all five Indians. Set
tiers have been sent TO this place for
more ammunition, stating that the In
dIans are gathering around lee in
large numbers.
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FRENCH CABINET.
New Ministry Formed by Premier
Dupuy- The FashOda
Affair.

Paris, Nov. 1.-The new cabinet is
constituted as follows:
NJ Lebret, minister of justice; M.
Dupuy, premier and minister of the
interior; NJ. de Frcycinet, minister OF
war; NJ. Lockroy, minister of marine;
NJ. Delcasse, minister of foreign affairs;
NJ. Peytral. minister of finance; M.
Leygus, minister of public instruction;
NJ. Deloncle, minister of commerce;
NJ. Guilaine. minister of the colonies;
NJ Nigier, minister of agriculture; NJ.
krantz, minister of public works.
Paris, Nov. 1.-The Eclair says ii
learns on reliable authority that the
Fashoda question will be settled fa-
vorably to Great Britain by the recall
of Mai. Marchand. France, the paper
says, yields all, rcserving only the ques-
ton of the right TO the Bahr- El-Ghazal
district, which she does not consider
as belonging to Egypt
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VIII OnIt RusIness.

Boston, Nov. 1.-The stockholders
of the fremont national bank were
notified Monday that the affairs of the
bank would be at once wound up and
the business and the good will trans
ferred TO the Eliot national bank. This
action was decided at a meeting of the
directors. 1t is an entirely independ-
cnt move and bears no direct relation
to the liquidation of the other nine
banks. The fremont bank was incor-
porated in 1914, being the sixth oldt 81
bank in the city. Its capitalization for
merly was $4,000, 600, but it was reduced
to $1,000 600 a couple of years ago. Its
surplus fund is about S121, 600.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03

State Fire Warden Wyman says there
Lake who lost everything they had
in the forest fires, and there are
1902 families besides in that town
ship who sustained partial losses.
He says they are living in cellars,
log stables, barns and all sorts of
outhouses which escaped the flames,
and they need more than anything else
lumber with which to build new cabins,
and provisions for the winter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03

A few years ago DR.. Lueger, the no
torious Austrian Jew batter, was
Boosting that, as burgomaster of vi
emma, he would smash" first he Jewa
and then the English, and drive them
all out of Austria before the end OF
the century. So he annulled the city's
contract with a certain gas company
which contained both Jews and Eng.
lishmen and built true-blue German
gas works Of his own, and laid pipes
and undertook to supply the city and
drive OUT the hated aliens. But now
the enterprise has come to an expen-
sive smash. and The doughty smash
er" has entered into negotiations with
the old company for a renewal Of its
service So the Jew and the English
man triumph, and the bellicose burgo-
master confesses himself a failure,
even in the production of gas.-N. Y.
Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03
PLYING THE POOR.
A Tramp Who Would Not Take the
Crust from n Needy WOm-
ans Mouth.

Sometimes the tramp gets the better of the
thrifty housewife. The mistress of a pretty
little cottage at Sausalto-she only inherited
about 100000, and SO is obliged to be frugal
is the object of little criticism from her
friends because of her reputed parsimony.
Last Saturday, as she was sitting on her pi-
azza, overlooking the water, and waiting for
Ted to come home, a passing knight of the
road humbly solicited a bite. The young
woman could not withstand the petition, so
she went herself to the bread box, which was
filled with freshly-baked loaves, and brought
out to the waiting vagrant two slices of
boardlike consistency which had been baked
many days earlier. As she presented her
bounty she felt just tritie ashamed of it.
We are very poor ourselves" she said, in
muttercd apology.
The outcast received the crust with a
courteous Thank you" and turned away.
A moment later he returned and handed
the, young heiress the crusts and also a
nickel
81 am very sorry for you,' he said in gen
tie tones of genuine sympathy.-San Fran
cisco News Letter
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Found His Body.

The body of John Buckholz, a we'll
to-do farmer of the town of Spring
field, who disappeared over wear ago,
was found by William Guderjahn
while hunting in the woods. The body
was sitting with the back against a
tree. Buckholz had evidently been
taken sick, and, sitting down. was IN
able to get up again and had died Of
starvation. About Sis was found on
the remains. A reward of $500 will be
paid to Guderjahn for the discovery.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03
DOINGS OF A WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
A WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review of the Happenings
of the Past Seven Days in This
and All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES


The Spanish commissioners at joint
meeting of the peace commission in
Paris finally accepted the American re-
fusal of all responsibility for the Gu
ban debt.
Gen Merriam says in his report on
camp facilities for the American troops
in Honolulu that it viii be necessary
TO construct barracks for the soldiers.
\ special committee of the Santiago
board of trade, representing the com
merce of the province, congratulated
Gen Wood, military governor of the
department of Santiago, on the work
he has already done.
Eighty post offices on the American
system have already been established
in Puerto Rico
The American commission in Havana
was assured by Gen. Parade that the
harbor is absolutely clear of mines and
torpedoes and safe for any vessel that
may wish to enter.
The Mail is the first paper in Puerto
Rico to be published in the American
language.
From .-uerto Rico the hospital ship
Bay State reached Boston with 113
sick and convalescent soldiers of the
Sixth Massachusetts regiment.
Wholesale emigration OF INDECENT
Jamaicans o the island of Cuba caused
the American officials to warn British
subjects not to proceed to Cuba with
out visible means of support.
Arequest has been made by the Acme
Wrecking company OF San franclsco
upon the navy department Tor author
| ity 70 RAISE the pau leship Maine.
1t has been decided by the United
States to assume the Phlllppine dept
Of S40,000,0OO and TO clam the entlre
Philippine archipelago, anH me span
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


State Treasurer Peterson made a
statement that SAT, Oo374 had been re-
ceived as interest on state moneys
during the four years ended Septem-
Der 80. Before the law was passed
compelling The payment of this to the
state the treasurer appropriated it TO
his own use. The total state tax levied
for 1898 is 81 1925 which Is $500, 500
less than last year. The treasurer rec.
ommends the virtual adjustment o!
the land Office, suggests the higher
taxation of telephone companies and
the leyying of a state tax of 800, 900 if
prompt reforms are not made.
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AT Feel Like a New Person."
Mrs GEO. LEACH,
! 1909 Belle St. Alton, Ill, writes:

Mrs. GEO. LEACH,
1909 Belle St, Alton, ILL.,, writes:
Before began to take your Vege-
table Compound was great sufferer
from womb trouble. Menses would APP
pear two and three times in month,
causing me to be so weak could not
stand. Icould neither sleep nor eat, and
looked so badly my friends hardly
knew me.
81 took doctors medicine but did not
derive much benefit from it. Ny drug
gist gave me one Of your little books,
and after reading it l decided to try
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. l feel like new person. l
would not give your Compound for all
the doctors medicine in the world. /
can not praise it enough"
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Lenora, Fan, Oct 29.-William FL
lott followed Miss Fannie Lashell and
her sister he me from a dance, and
shooting over the head Of the sister,who
tried to save her, killed the first named
In the street. He then fred three shots
into his own body and may die FL
lott came mere from Chicago three
weeks ago Notwithstanding he is the
girls uncle, he had persisted in paying
her attentions The shooting was the
result of her refusal to marry him
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The Doctors DISAGREED

81 became seriously i'll three years ago.
The doctor gave me medicine for Indigestion
but | continued to become worse. | had
several physicians at intervals who gave me
some relief, but nothing permanent
81 read in the newspapers articles regard
ing the wonderful curative powers OF DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and
finally concluded to try the pills. | pur-
chased six boxes. This was five months ago
The first box gave me much relief con
tinued taking the pills, and after using four
boxes was cured.
These pills are recognized everywhere as
a specific for diseases of the blood and nerves.
For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other
diseases long supposed incurable, they have
proved their efficacy in thousands of cases
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03
HnnniIy MINED.

How the late Prof. COhn, Of BresIau,
would have opened his famous lectures
on botany. had his name CHANGED to be
Jones or Jenkins, is left TO the imagi-
nation Of the readers of this story:
"The four chief constituents of
plants" the distinguished botanist
was wont to say at the beginning Of
his course, "are carbon, c; oxygen, o;
hydrogen, II; nitrogen, n" Then,
writing down these four letters, with
apparent carelessness, on a black
board, Cohn. he would smile, as he
observed: at is clear that I ought to
know something about boz NY
Y Tribune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1898-11-03
VIII Consider Changes.

y meeting of the state prison com
mission, appointed by Gov. Scofeld to
investigate the present penal system
and to report suggestions for reform,
will meet in Milwaukee on November
l2, and will consider some radical
changes in the present system of con-
filming and employing the law-breakers
of the state.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co, Props, Toledo, Q.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe Kim
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To
ledo, o.
Waiding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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A NATION OF DYSPEPTICS.
From the Mountaineer, walhalla, n. OAK.

The remorse of guilty stomach is what
a large majority of the people are suffering
with to-day. Dyspepsia is a characteristic
American disease and it is frequently stated
that we are a nation OF dyspepticsp
Improper food, hurried eating. mental
worry, exhaustion; any of these produce a
lack Of vitality in the system. bv causing the
blood to lose its DEMONSTRATING elements
The blood is the vital element in our lives
and should be carefully nurtured. Restore
the blood to its proper condition, dyspepsia
will vanish and good health follow
For example, in the county of Pembina,
North Dakota, a few miles from Walhalla,
resides Mr.. Ernest Snider; man OF sterling
integrity, whose veraeity cannot be doubted.
be saws:
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FROM WASHINGTON

The treasury department has prac
tically completed the issue of the 5000
100000 of three per cent. bonds au
thor:zed at the last session of con
gress.
An official statement of the sealing
industry for the season just closed
shows total of but 27,SS5 skins. by far
the lightest catch in years.
The president issued proclama-
ton naming November "a as Thanks
giving day.
Second Assistant PostmasterGeneral
Shallenberger in his annual report
shows the number of mail routes at the
close of the year was 33795; total mile
age, 4sO4 and says S56,944,o00 will be
required for expenses next year.
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Do You Want to Live

In fine, mild and healthy climate, where
cyclones and billiards. are unknown; where
good rich lands can be bought at low prices,
near cheap transportation and with educa-
catonal and industrial advantages? Home
seekers Excursions to Virginia via the
big Route" and the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway. Write for descriptive book OF
Virginia, list of farms for sale, excursion
rates, dates, time-cards, &c. j. G. Tucker,
G.. n. A., 234 Clark St, Chicago, Ills.
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MARKETS.
Minneanolis. Mimi. \,

Minneapolis, Mimi, Nov. 1.
Wheat-No. l northern, 64G65c:
No. northern. 6266Sc; Dee. Gle.
Oats-No. white, 22@23c.
Corn-No. 5. use.
Cattle-Steers, IS. sO(a4.2 30; cows s.. 20.
Hogs-SS. 75@S.S5.
Sheep-Muttons. SS.1o@425; lambs,
s5.25.
Butter-Creamery extras, 1791Sc;
creamery, frsts. l6@17c; dairy. fancy,
14@f5e-
Poultry Turkeys, 7@sc; spring
chickens, 7@Sc,
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The jury at Eau Claire in the trial of
James O'Donnell, Jr., for the murder
of his wife with strychnine brought in
a verdict of murder in the first degree.
This is the second conviction, the SUI
preme court having ordered a second
trial He was sentenced to life impris-
onment.
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Gratifying Letters to Mrs. Pink
ham From Happy Women.
"I Owe You My Life"
Mrs. z. WooLHIsER,

Mrs. E. WooLHIsER,
Mills, Neb., writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM Il owe my
life to your Vegetable Compound. The
doctors said l had consumption and
nothing could be done for me. My
menstruation had stopped and they
said my blood was turning to water. l
had several doctors. They all said l
could not live. Ibegan the use of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and it helped me right away; menses
returned and l have gained in weight.
have better health than have had for
years. It's wonderful what your Com
pound has done for me-"
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CostIiest of All Beans.

It is not generally known that The
vanilla bean is the costliest bean on
earth. It grows wild and is gathered
by the natives in Papantla and Misant-
la, Mexico. When brought from the
forests these beans sell at the rate OF
about SIS per 100. but when dried and
cured they can command about that
much per pound. - Chicago Times
Herald
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Drops the Cases.

The indictments obtained by the
government in 1895 against the Fox
River valley manufacturers and their
employees for violating the war depart
ment rules concerning the drawing of
water from the Fox river have been
dropped in the United States court in
Milwaukee.