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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-07-20
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Advices from Manila say that the
army gunboat Napidan, towing cascoes
with 1876 men of the Fourth cavalry, un-
der Capt. McGraw. shelled Mantinlupa.
on the lake, for an hour, after which
the cavalry landed and forced 500 in
surgents to retreat TO the hills. Ten
of the enemy were killed and about 40
wounded. The loss of the Americans
was two wounded.
Off Rottnest island the British ship
City of York was wrecked and the cap
tain and II men lost.
In storm off Rockingham, Aus
tralia, the British ship Carlisle Castle
was lost and the crew persisted.
At Roubaix, France, in a fight be-
tween lion and bull the bull was the
victor.
In different parts of Barcelona,
Spain, four bombs were exploded by
unknown persons, but no serious dam
age was done.
An earthquake caused the collapse of
a gallery in mine near Herne, West
phala, entombing 60 miners.
From ST. Johns, n. F., the Peary ex-
petition steamer sailed for Sydney with
supplies for two years and crew of
IS men.
At Takawa Gori, Japan, a coal mine
became filed with poisonous gas and
100 miners were suffocated.
The steamer Holbein, which arrived
in Liverpool, had on board Capt. Will
liam Andrews, who on June IS started
from Atlantic City, N. j., in a 12foot
boat to cross the Atlantic.
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THE DREYFUS FORGERY.
CouDt Esterhazy Says the Famous
Bordereau Was written Upon
order of Col. Sandherr.

Paris, July 1S.-1he Matin publishes
statement by Comte Ferdinand Wal
sin Esterhazy in which he says that he
wrote the bordereau by order of Col.
Sandherr, and that it was sent TO the
house of Col. Schwartzkoppen, then
military attache at the German EN-
bassy in Paris, whence it was returned
to the war office. Col. Schwartzkoppen
being at that time in Berlin, never saw
the bordereau, which was forged in or
der to supply material proof of the
guilt of Dreyfus. The statement con-
tains the assertion that secret agents
in Berlin, whose testimony it was inn
possible to use, had demonstrated that
leakages had occurred in the war Of
fee, and the fact that treason existed
was undeniable, and everything indi-
Gated Dreyfus as the traitor. All the
war ministers. the statement further
says, knew the facts, and thought the
forgery of the bordereau necessary.
The evidence duplicating Dreyfus were
the words of Col. Schwartzkoppen'
own mouth. Gems. MERCER, De Bois-
deffre and Come knew that the bor-
dereau was forged, and that Dreyfus
was illegally, but justly, convicted.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

The transports Newport and Ohio,
bearing the Oregon volunteer regiment
from Manila, arrived at San Francisco.
AT public auction the Indianapolis
News was sold to Charles II. Williams
and Delavan Smith for $936,OOO.
At the funeral of the six members of
the Reinhard family killed by the cars
at Columbus. o., there were 6,00s per-
sons present.
At Pana, Ill.,, Frank Crager, aged SO,
a saloonist, and Charles Pope, aged 81,
n miner, were drowned while bathing.
o. y. Corson, of Columbus. o., was
elected president of the National Edu-
cational association at the annual
meeting in Los Angeles.
At Alikchi. ]. T., William Goings
(Walla Tonehka), the Cboctaw Indian.
was shot, under sentence of the Choc-
taw court. for murder.
In Richmond, Va. the Baptist Young
Peoples Union of America met in
ninth annual convention.
The attorney general of Michigan
says that the one cent per pound state
beet sugar law is unconstitutional.
For Manila the City of Para sailed
from San Francisco with four com
panies of infantry and two troops of
cavalry.
George Robley, of Bloomington, H.,
Frank Mallery, of Evanston, Ill.,, and
Percy Curtis, of Atlanta, Ga, We're
killed and five others were seriously in
iured in a railway wreck near Glen
dale. Mo.
The Kentucky republicans in con
vention in Louisville nominated Viii
liam s. Taylor. of Butler county, for
governor, and the platform indorses
without reserve the administration Of
President Mckinley.
Another appeal has been issu d by
Gov. Scofeid to the people of Wiscon-
sin for additional aid for the sufferers
from the New Richmond tornado. He
says $4,000 more is needed.
Rev. W. f. Cowles. aged so years, one
of the noted pioneer Methodist minis
tiers of eastern iowa. died in Burning
ton.
Near lola, Tex, an unknown negro
was lynched for mprdering Lemuel
Sharp. a white boy.
a mob shot TO death Abe Brown. n
negro. who murdered and outraged a
Bohemian woman near Gilead, Tex.
The city of Detroit, Mich. is expert
menting with three-cent street railway
fares.
In Des Moines a combiuat ton of
wholesale grocers of Illinois. iowa and
Missouri. for the purpose OF purchas-
ing goods in large quantities. was ct
fected.
Sioux indians were said TO be on the
warpath in Wyoming and officials were
in pursuit OF Swift Bear and his band
of warriors.
John II. Chapman, of Chicago, was
reelected president at the annual ses-
sion in Richmond Va. of the Young
Peoples Baptist Union of America
John A. Foreman, founder of III nc
and ono of the pioneers of Oklahoma
and Indian territory. died in I'll Reno.
Three Oaks. Mich, has won the
cannon which Admiral Dewey sent
from Manila for the Maine monument
fund.
Fire swept away p business houses
at cambridge Ga,
William Preston Johnston. president
of Tulane university in New Orleans,
died in Lexington, Va. aged ca years.
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ENTER A PROTEST.
20 the Rigid Press Cen
sorship.


Manila, July II, via Hong Kong. July
ls.--Ihe constantly increasing strict
ness of the censorship of press dis
patches from Manila, which has pre-
vented the cabling to the United States
of anything that did not reflect Off
cial views of important events and
conditions, has resulted in united
effort on the part of correspondents
here to secure an abatement of The
rigor of the censorship The initiative
in this direction was taken month
ago and resulted in The framing of
statement which was presented on Sun
day, July 0, to Maj. Gen. Otis, command
ing the military forces of the United
States in the Philippine islands, with
a request for permission TO telegraph
il to the United States. The CORE
spondents also asked that they be all
lowed to cable TO their respective pa
pers all facts and the different phases
of events as they transpired here. The
correspondents had two long inter
views with Gen. Otis, in the course of
which they complained that the evil
tNHt Fti fRaS VI iiiS 1tBSOISuiD WIS
not to keep information from the en-
envy, but to keep from the public
knowledge of the real condition of af-
fairs here. 1t was also asserted by the
correspondents that newspapers print
ed in Manila, which reach the enemy
quickly, are permitted TO publish state
ments similar to those which CORE
spondents are forbidden TO cable 1t
was made clear TO Gen. Otis that the
objection was TO the system and not
to the censor.
Washington, July 1s.-The publica-
ton of the war correspondents formal
indictment of Gen. Otis management
of the Philippine campaign caused a
sensation in the departments here.
Secretary Hay had received advices as
late as Monday from civil as well as
military sources in the Philippines
which led him TO declare that the sit
uation there was certinly improved
materially, and the prospects for the
future had frightened very much.
With these advices, the secretary said,
Gen. Otis had had nothing to do, and
they were from disinterested persons
whose opinions must carry weight.
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THREE CENT FARES.
Plan to Gain Adherents to PinGree's
scheme of Municipal Ownership
of Detroit's Street Cars.

Detroit, Mich, July 15.--"Three-cent
fares" are announced on the fronts of
Detroit street cars in the places where
amusement advertising signs are usu-
ally carried. This sudden voluntary
reduction is the result of a decision of
Gov. Pingree and Tom l.. Johnson TO
give the people an object lesson upon
what they may look forward to, if pres
emit plans for the sale of all the Detroit
street railways to the Detroit Munic-
ipal Railway company in behalf of the
city win out. The three-cent tickets
sold Friday at five for 10 cents are SO
worded that their use in full payment
of fare can be withdrawn at any time.
The city is in a furore over the pres
ent situation. All newspapers and
nearly all the more prominent citizens
are opposing the Pingree plan, and it is
now claimed that the majority of cit
liens oppose it, on the ground that
three-cent fares and quasi municipal
ownership will fail to pay the expenses
and the $17,0o0,o0O proposed to be paid
for the roads; and that they will, if
purchased, revert to the present own
erc
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AguinnIdo seeking Pence.

New York, July 1s.-A special from
Washington to the Herald says: I'M
portant cablegrams have been received
at the state department from the Phil
ippine commission and at the war de-
partment from Gen. Otis concerning
new move in the direction of peace.
These dispatches have been in the
hands of the president for several days.
All that can be learned definitely about
them is that direct oyertures for peace
have been made to Gen. Otis by Agui-
naldo and some of his principal leaders.
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A WARM WELCOME.
Reception Given the Oregon VoIun-
teers from Manila While on
Parade In San Francisco.

San Francisco, July Is. - Not since
the departure of the regiment of Cal
ifornia volunteers for the Philippines
have the streets of San Francisco pre-
scented such a scene of animation as
they did Friday, nor have steam
whistles, cannon and bells created
such a rumpus. The cause of the
demonstration was the landing of the
Oregon volunteers and the California
signal corps, preparatory to going into
camp at the Preside and the final mus
tering out.
All along the line of march the men
were cheered to the echo and bands
hired by individuals played lively music.
As the soldiers passed the Palace hotel
they were deluged with flowers thrown
from the windows by the guests. At the
junction of Third, Market and Kearney
streets the crowds were immense and
the three morning papers which have
offices on the corners of these streets
We'd with each other to see which could
make the most noise. A curious sight
was the long streamers of immense fire.
crackers which dangled from the roof
of a high building. AS the soldiers
neared this point the crackers were
lighted and the racket they made was
awful.
Gen. Shafter and his staff and Gov.
Geer, of Oregon, and his staff and many
notable army officers reviewed the pa
rade as it passed up Van Ness avenue
toward the Preside. As the men
passed the reviewing stand they
cheered continually.
When the Presidio was reached the
men were given rest and then com
menced the work of going into camp.
Here they will rest under military dis
cipline for two or three weeks. Then
the final muster out will take place and
they will be sent to their northern
homes Inv train
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ANOTHER OUTBREAK.
Factions of Kentucky Feud in "A
Pitched Battlc-Five Men
Are Killed.

Louisville, KY, July 1s.-A special to
the Courier-J ournal from London, KY,
tells of a report reaching there of the
outbreak of another feud in Clay coun-
ty, by which five men lost their lives
Monday. The dead are said to be: Rob-
ert Philpot, Ed Fisher, Aaron Nor
ris. Jim Griffin and Hugh Crit
fin. These fatalities resulted from
a pitched battle fought near Little
Goose creek, three miles from Manches-
ter.
The feud dates back nearly two
years. On Christmas, 1897, James Phil
pot was killed by Aaron Morris, but
before he died he shot and killed Will
liam Bundy, a friend of Morris. The
Morrises and Grifiins were closely af-
filiated. Since then, the feeling be-
tween the two factions has been very
bitter, and il has been aroused recently
by the White Baker hostilities. The
Philpots, who are the strongest faction
in the mountain, numbering about $50
voters, openly espoused the cause of
the Bakers, while the Grif1ins took sides
with the Whites.
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PRESIDENT JOHN II. CHAPMAN.

crowd was the largest yet in attend
ance.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year;
President, John II. Chapman, Chi
cago; vice presidents, l.. j. Z. Bishop,
New York; W. W. Garner, Atlanta, Ga;
L. Mcneil, Paisley, Ont; recording sec
rotary, Rev. w. Reed, Wisconsin; treas
urer, Frank Moody.
Richmond, Va, July 1.-THE Bap-
fist Young Peoples Union of America
ton. The sessions, which continue UNI
til Sunday night, are held in the Audi
forum at the exposition grounds. The
building is deliberately decorated, and
in honor of the Canadian provinces the
British flag is conspicuously displayed.
There we're 1000 persons at the open
ing session, and trains throughout the
day brought in more delegations.
Richmond, Va, July lit was
very late hour Saturday night before
the executive committee of the Bap-
fist Young Peoples union reached a
vote on the meeting place for 1901. The
vote stood: Denver, II; Charleston, 2.
Prior to consideration Of the question
of the next place of meeting, Rev. DR..
Z. f. Chivers, of Chicago, was reelected
general secretary of the union and ed
itor of the Baptist Union. He had al
ready served two years.
The convention of the Young Peoples
Baptist union closed Sunday night. In
the morning many of the pulpits of the
city were occupied by ministers in at
tendance upon the convention. In the
afternoon a regular session was held
at the auditorium, when an address
was made by Maurice r. Franks, of
Trenton, n. j., and the convention SER
mon was preached by DR.. I. j. Villers,
of indianapolis, Ind. At the night clos
ing sessions addresses were made by
DIR. G. Whitman, of Buffalo, n. Y; Prof.
L. i. Shepperson, of Hamilton, N. Y,
and others. Final conservation services
were conducted by DR.. Chiyers, of Chi
cago.
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Resigns the Omce.

Washington, July 14.-Charles G
Dawes, comptroller of the currency
has resigned the Office of treasurer oil
the Lafayette memorial commission
because of his inability. in the pressure
of official duties. TO supervise the sale
of the $4,000 of souvenir coins voted By
congress in aid of the Lafayette mem.
orial monument, and which will soon be
in the hands of the commission. L. A
Potter, president of the American Trust
and Savings bank of Chicago, has been
appointed.
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Antlers, |. T., July 15.-Deputy Mar
shall Bert Brown and posse left Ant
lers Friday afternoon for Alikchi, with
warrants for the arrest of 81 persons
for contempt in refusing to grant a
stay of execution on writ of heabeas
corpus issued by Judge Thomas
Wednesday, in the case of William
Goings, better known as Wala Tonka,
who was shot Thursday, under SEN
tence of the Choctaw court, for the
murder of his uncle some time ago.
The warrants are for the sheriff of
Wolf Scounty, the district attorney of
the Third Choctaw district, the judge,
clerk and number of deputies.
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COMPLAINS OF BREWER
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
Presents Formal Charges to
President Mckinley.

Washington, July 1s.--As a sequel of
the sensational scenes which accom-
panied the hearing before Civil Service
Commissioner Brewer last week in New
Hampshire, when Senator Gallinger, of
that state, was charged with having yio-
lated the civil service law in soliciting
campaign subscriptions from federal
ofliceholders, Senator Chandler, it is UNI
derstood, has lodged formal com
plant with the president against Mr..
Brewer. All information as TO how far
the complaint goes, whether it asks for
his removal or not, is refused at the
white house.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
CANNON nistrihnteh.

Gov. Scotield has ended a sharp con-
test between the principal cities of the
state for the two Spanish cannon
awarded Wisconsin by the war depart
ment. One of these trophies is to be
placed in the statehouse park in Madi-
son and the other in the city park at
La Crosse. The three Spanish cannon
presented the state by the navy depart
ment have been awarded to Milwaukee,
Oshkosh and Monroe.
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Detroit, Mich, July 17.-Gov. Pingree
sustained another defeat Saturday. His
opponents have put up such a stiff fight
against the purchase of the street rail
way system that Tom johnson, principal
owner of the street car system, Satur-
day withdrew from the city and de-
clared the deal off. He, through the
Metropolitan railway, which operates
all the lines, sent a letter to II. S. Pin
gree, president of the Detroit Municipal
railway, in which it was said that the
company was satisfied it was not feas-
ible to make the transfer under the con-
ditions existing
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cnshier Wreck.n Hank.

New York. July 15.- George NJ. VAL
entine, cashier OF the Middlesex County
bank of Perth Amboy, n. j., which was
closed Friday, has surrendered him
self, and is now in Jail on account of a
shortage in the banks funds, which has
been variously estimated all the way
to S165,0G0. The affair caused con-
sternation and dismay among the bust
ness men of Perth Amboy, where the
Middlesex County bank was considered
as strong as the eternal hills.
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At the general session Friday the pa
vilion was crowded TO excess, and while
the papers read in the morning were
devoted almost exclusively to the edu-
cational press those read at the evening
session were sufficiently varied to hold
the attention of the vast audience unin-
terruptedly. Among the speakers of
the day were Aaron Cove, of Denver;
Alfred L. Winship, of Boston, and Prof.
David Starr Jordan, of Stanford uni.
versity.
o. T. Corson, of Columbus, o., who
was on Thursday unanimously elected
president of the association, was pre-
scented to the immense gathering, and
after he had said a few words to the
audience and joined in singing Amer
lea" the convention was at an end.
The next place of holding the conven-
ton will be at Charleston, s. G., in 1900.
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indianapolis, Ind, July 1s.-Ralph
Schelly, eight years old, lies dead in his
home at Montpelier as the result of a
vicious attack on him by four play
mates The boys We're all playing to-
gether, when some difficulty arose over
a trihing matter and the four combined
TO thrash him. The boys implicated in
the murder are Cliff Haskins, Ora and
Dock Borman and Herman Payne.
Two of them held Ralph Schelly while
the others kicked him and pounded
him on the neck, head and back with
stones. Lockjaw followed and then
death.
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Rcgnining His sIght.

Perry Smith, aged rs, a prominent
resident of Manitowoc, who has been
totally blind for 80 years, is slowly re-
gaining sight in his right eye. He can
now distinguish objects close by and
picks out different cards from pack.
About ten days ago he was attacked by
severe pains in the right eye. Applica-
ton of hot water relieved the pain, and
the next day his sight began to slowly
improve
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A Hero kiIIcd.

Theodore Weber's heroism cost him
his life in Madison. In attempting to
prevent runaway team from running
persons in the business portion of the
city, Weber fell beneath the frenzicd
animals feet and was killed. He was a
prominent German resident, IS years
old, and proprietor of the Gem restau-
rant. lie leaves widow and two chill
dren
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Lansing. Mich, July u. = Attorney
General Oren Thursday advised Aud
itor General Dix that the one cent per
pound beet sugar law is unconstitu-
tional. Under this opinion, the auditor
general will refuse TO allow the claims
of beet sugar factories for $4,000
claimed TO be due for sugar manufac-
tured in January and February of this
year, and the question of constitution
atty will be settled by the supreme
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New York, July Is. = The village Of
Three Oaks, Mich, has won the cannon
which Admiral Dewey sent from Manila
for the Maine monument fund. The
cannon was to be given TO the city or
village making the largest contribution
in proportion to its population. Three
Oaks. with population OF from 500 to
1000 people. raised Sl.l32. representing
more than 81 per capita
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Health of Volunteers.

San Francisco, July IA. = Advices re-
ceived by the transport Newport, from
Manila, dated June II, say that the
volunteers are greatly debilitated in
consequence of their hard campaign
ing through three months of tropic
weather. Since the middle Of May no
volunteer regiment has had sick list
of less than 20 per cent. Most of them
at the present date have % per cent.
III, and few regiments have less than
one-third their number on duty. The
Nebraska regiment has suffered the
worst.
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militia Encampmcnt.

Adit. Gen. Boardman has issued or
ders for the annual encampment of the
Wisconsin national guard at Camp
Douglas. The Second regiment will be
in camp from August to II, the First
from August ~ to Is, the Third from
August 10 TO 20, and the Tenth separate
battalion and the light horse squadron
Of Milwaukee from August % TO Sep
TENDER 1.
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Liverpool, July II. The British
steamer Holbein. Capt. Sherlock, from
New York July for Manchester, which
arrived here Sunday, picked up Capt.
William a. Andrews. known as the
Lone Navigator" who left Atlantic
City on June is in little craft named
.The Doree.' barely 10 feet in length,
TO attempt TO cross the Atlantic. Capt.
Andrews was found exhausted on July
10 about roo miles from the Irish coast.
Ills boat was left adrift.
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SEVEN DROWNED.
Tidal Wave Capsizes n Boatioad of
Prospectors in Alaska with
Fatal Results.

Seattle, Wash, July 1.-THE schoon-
er Genoal Siglin, from Cooks inlet,
Alaska, brings news of drowning of
seven men in Turnagain Arm early in
June. The names of only five of them
are known, as follows; A. B. johnson,
Malone, ILL.,; Louis Peterson. Chicago;
Chris Madison, Chicago; - Porter,
California; - Hutchinson, Rockford,
Ill. They were crossing the Arm in
small boat, which was overturned by a
bip tidal wave.
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Since January / 90 colleges, acade-
mics and seminaries and eight art gal
Ieries in the United States have re-
ceived gifts amounting to S27,072,35
not counting contributions of less than
$1,000. The total for the six months
is not less than $4,000, 900, showing
never before equaled in any country or
r,eriod
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The news now comes from China that
the famous Chinese wall, which is en-
titled to be known as one OF the won
ders of the world, is to be torn down
by the government of the Celestial en-
pire. The estimated cost of tearing
down the wall runs into the hundreds
nf millions