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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
VERY oBLIGING.
He Was willing to Give the Vol
canic Vocalist a Good Hard
shove.

The young man who sings loud and long
was interrupted by tap at the door OF his
apartment.
Excuse me-" said the tall, thin stranger,
II am sorry to ntrude. ! occupy the HAT
under you, and | have come up TO inquire
if you are the gentleman who sings bal
lads"
Yes" was the answer, with the air Of
man who is modest, but cannot deny the
truth. Are YOU fond of musiey"
Il don't know that | am what you would
call fond of il. At the same time | haven
anything particular against it. j am very
much affected by some things | hear.
That amounts to the same thing as being
fond Of it, was the answer, in tone of
soothing encouragement.
II have been wondering If caught the
words Of your favorite song correctly. Let
me see:
"'Iow often. oh, how often.
Have wished that the ebbing tide
Would bear me away on its bosom
To the ocean wild and wide
Is that right?"
Eyes; it's all right, according to my recol-
lection. Is that one of the pieces you are at
fected by"
eyes. have been affected by that for
hours at time Ii has drawn me rresst-
IDLY TO YOU. 1t has filled me with yearn-
ing to do something that would make you
happier. And | called up to say that If
You'll come down to the river with me any
evening I'll pay your car fare and hire a
boat and give you a good TART on the first
ebbing tide scheduled And ] don't mind
saving that the further out it bears YOU the
better I'll be satisfied. "-Washingto Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
HatneIds Are Captured.

Williamson, w. Va, Sept. 12.-Sheriff
Henderson, of Logan county, and a
posse of Is Monday went to the Hatfield
fort in the mountains 30 miles from
here and without bloodshed captured
Devil Anse" Hatfield, his son Bob and
John Dingess, relative of the Hat
fields by marriage. The prisoners viii
be taken to Pike county and tried on
charges of murder growing out of the
Hatfield Mccoy feud. Cap" Hatfield
the only prominent member of the fac
ton now at liberty, is being hunted by
a posse.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
Beers Anxious for Pence.

Pretoria, Sept 12.-Commander Cen
eral Joubert denies that the war depart
ment is ordering heavy ordnance and
rifles. He declares that he is anxious
for the preservation of peace.
London, Sept. 12.-The activity in the
war and admiralty offices continues,
though there is nothing new regarding
the Transvaal situation.
Transports are moving to the DOCKS
preparatory to embarking troops
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

At Cachise, Ariz., four masked men
held up Southern Pacific train, blew
open Wells, Fargo q Co.'S through
money safe and secured probably
$4,000.
While preaching Rev. o. ii. Sproul.
presiding elder of the Methodist church
for the Aberdeen district, died at North
Vile, S. ID.
In Detroit the annual reunion of the
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
win be held September 26-27.
Near Columbia, S. c., freight train
went through trestle, killing Engi-
neer Weatherly, Fireman Rennick and
two other men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

shelby, o., Sept. 9.-The fire depart
ment was called to the Shelby tube
works. where fire was discovered in
the rolling mills. In less than ten min
utes the whole room was solid mass
of flames. The fire originated from an
overheated oven. The property loss
win be very heavy. The rolling mill is
a total loss, as is also the piercing ma
chine room, engine room and boiler
room. For a time it looked as if the
entire plant would be destroyed, but
a heavy rain assisted the firemen in
their work. Eight hundred men are
thrown out of work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Springfield, Ill, Sept. Gov. Tan
ner has appointed three delegates to the
national conference on trusts TO be held
in Chicago this week. One of the dele
gates appointed Monday Ores
heimer, of Chicago-takes the place of
cx-Gov. John =. Altgeld, who has re-
fused the commission as a delegate Of
fered him by Gov. Tanner. The other
delegates are w. S. Moulton, Shelby
Vile. and r. II. Wallace, of Hamilton.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. 9.-The funeral
of Samuel Merrill, governor of Iowa
from 1865 to 1872, was held here Friday
afternoon Senators Allison and Gear
and nearly all the Iowa congressman
riil commanded the Twenty-irst Iowa
regiment with gallantry during the
war, served the state in the Legislature,
was one of its wealthy men, and died in
California a few days ago. aged n.
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sheridan In Port.

San Francisco, Sept. s.-The trans
port Sheridan with the Thirteenth Min
nesota and the First South Dakota reg
iments and 200 discharged men on board
arrived from Manila via Nagasaki and
Yokohama Thursday night. The Sheri-
dan equaled the transport record of Is
DAYS in the run from Yokohama Al
though nearly 1000 men were on the
steamer, but GO were on the sick list,
and most of them are nearly well. Three
men died on the trip, two of them be-
ing discharged regulars and one mem
Der of the Minnesota regiment.
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MUCH LOSS OF LIFE.
IL Is Feared That Many Have Per-
ished Through Recent Violent
storms on Eastern Coast.

Charlottetown, 7. T.. l., Sept. 9.--Re-
ports which have been received here
from ports throughout the province and
from the north indicate that the heavy
gale Of Wednesday night was very dis
astrous To fishing and coasting craft.
The storm appears to have been the
most severe on the Gulf of St. Lawrence,
from Cape Breton to Quebec. 1t Is be-
lieyed that at least a dozen lives were
lost. Hundreds of fishing boats along
the island coast and northern New
Brunswick were smashed to pieces, and
in several cases the occupants were
drowned. Three bodies have come
ashore near South Kildare. In all, eight
or nine men were lost at that point.
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Won't Meet Mt Chicago.

Detroit, Mich, Sept. 1.-THE Sons of
Veterans elected the following officers;
Commander in chief, Asa w. Jones,
Youngstown, o.; senior vice command
er, A. l.. Softer, Des Moines, Ia; junior
vice commander, ". S. Raines, Battle
Creek, Mich; council in chief, George
b. Abbott, Chicago; George Arlington,
Albany; Rev. W. G. Patton, Marinette,
Wis. Syracuse, n. Y, was unanimously
selected as the next place of meeting.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

a New York lawyer has been in
formed by a decision of the supreme
court that he must pay his wife's dress
maker for making a silk dress, for
which he insisted his wife alone was
liable, on the ground that he provided
his wife with a weekly allowance, be-
sides paying the household expenses.
The presiding justice said that notwith-
standing the statutes which allow a
married woman tc make contracts, etc,
as if she were unmarried the husband
was liable for such articles as she might
purchase for herself, if they were suit
able to her husbands means.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Having read in the Bible that pas
sage which says: "Out of the stem of
Jesse there shall come forth branch, .
John Il. Branch, of Waterville, Me-, now
asserts that he is the Messiah and is to
effect the evangelization of the world
in ten years. He already has 25 follow
ers, who were baptized secretly because
Of threats of riding him on a rail.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Des Moines, Ia, Sept. "a confer
ence of the republican state central
committee. with Senators Allison and
Gear, members of congress, state Off
GERS and nominees, was held here Fri
day TO arrange for the coming cam
paign. 1t was decided to open the cam
paign officially by set speeches in every
congressional district on October 7. As
to the issue, ii was decided to meet any
thing the democrats might choose to
discuss, which will most likely be the
Philippine war and trusts. The demo-
cratic campaign viii open at Dayen-
port on the 18th of this month.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

The new factory law passed by the
legislature of New York has gone into
effect. II cuts the ground from under
the sweatshops by prohibiting the man
ufacture of any kind of merchandise in
tcnements or residences without Ii
cense from the factory inspector. This
is very important reform, not only for
those who work in clothing factories,
but for the general public that buys,
among is wares, many that come from
dark and unclean garrets and cellars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

all the broom corn down, and that the
farmers there are needing additional
help, in consequence, to harvest the
crop. If the corn is not harvested the
loss will amount tosthousands of dol
lars. The governor is asked if he can
not send convict labor there to assist in
the harvest. Col. Mack Tanner, the
governors private secretary, tele-
graphed suggesting the propriety of
advertising in the newspapers for help.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Everything in Paris is now automo-
bile, and the vehicle is used for many
purposes for which it is at present I'M
known in this country. For some two
months past an automobile hose wagon
has been in use by the Paris fire depart
ment The machine with its equipment
weighs over three tons and runs at an
average rate of Is miles an hour. The
department is having fire engine and a
ladder truck constructed, and it is be-
Heved it viii soon be entirely horse
lacS -
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

A Boston electrician says that the
days of the underground wrought and
cast iron gas, water and steam pipes are
about numbered, and he ventures the
opinion that within seven years nothing
will be used for underground piping
except glass pipes. He says that cleo
trolysis is playing hob with the kind
of pipe now used, and that there will
soon come a time when every city in the
country will be suffering from bursting
mains of all sorts.
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49,, p,r CHRISTIAN Scientists.

Springfield, H., Sept. 9.-Attorney
General Akin has rendered an opinion
that the medical practice act of 1899
does not prohibit the treatment of dis
ease by mental or spiritual methods by
Christian Scientists, or others where
no medicine is used, and that where
a person dies during such treatment, It
is not an offense under the criminal
code of Illinois
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May Not Participate.
. ,,o,bcr.s Awful Crime.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 11.-Mrs. Mary
Gallagher, aged 35, wife of Felix Gal
lagher, a mill man at Port Perry, Sat
urday night poisoned herself and her
three children with laudanum. Mrs.
Gallagher and her four-months-old
baby died Sunday, but the two daugh-
tiers, aged five and seven years, Will
probably recover. The husbands state
ment to the coroner is that he knows of
no possible reason why his wife should
commit the deed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
HOT SPELL BROKEN.
Late Reports show That Corn Was
Not So Badly Damaged ms
mt First Reported.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. s.-The hot spell
was broken Thursday and good rains
are reported from all parts of Nebraska.
Reports from the headquarters of the
Union Pacific, Burlington, Elk Horn,
Rock Island and Missouri Pacific show
that the corn suffered less injury than
was feared. Only in the sandy portions
of the state, where the corn was late,
has any material damage been done the
crop. Elsewhere the outlook is very
encouraging, and the prediction is
freely made at the railroad headquar-
tiers that the yield will be record
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Ex-Speaker Reed, who has resigned
his position in congress and gone to
New York city to practice law, is 60
years old, having been born in 1889. He
has been continuously in politics since
1869, serving without interruption in
congress for % years of that time, and
having been last year elected for anoth-
er term. He says lie has had enough of
politics, and in this alone he shows
that he is great man, for few men who
have been in the political arena as long
as he ever get enough.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
YnIlnu Fcrcr nt rker Ycst.

Key West, Fla, Sept. 9.-Thirty cases
of yellow fever have been reported
during the past "a hours, including two
cases previously omitted, the total num-
Der occurring to date so far as known
is 1877. Two deaths have been report
ed during the past "a hours, making the
total number of deaths nine. The
weather is still very warm, and rainy
and favorable for the spread Of the dis
ease
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

A New York woman who is making a
study of flowers and their effects upon
different temperaments claims that yell
low blossoms afford protection from
disease germs, that daisies worn by
nervous women will benefit them and
that violets act as intoxicants or slim
ulants upon some people.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Those having charge of the naval pa
rade in New York in Dewey's honor in
vited Sir Thomas Upton to take place
in the line with his steam yacht Erin,
which is the convoy of the cup chal-
Ienger, Shamrock, and the Britisher has
accepted most cordially.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
MARKETS.
Minneapolis. Mimi.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Sept IL.
Wheat-No. / northern. 69970c:
No. . northern, 67@6sc; Sept. 67sSc.
Oats-No. 3, white 2lc.
Corn-No. 5, soc.
Cattle-steers, S400@4O0; cows. IS. 90
@S.75.
Sheep Muttons. $3.50; lambs, S6.75.
Hogs $4,000 +S0.
Butter Creamery, extras, 10000;
creamery. frsts, 1s@l9c; dairy, fancy,
17@1sc.
Poultry-Turkeys S@1Oc; spring
chickens, l2c.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
VERDICTAGAINSTHI HIM
Dreyfus Is Again Pound Guilty of
Treason.
He Is Sentenced tn Ten Years Impris-
onment-PrIsonerH Holds In Well
Talk of Boycotting Ex-
position.

Rennes, Sept. II. = Dreyfus has
been found guilty and sentenced to ten
years imprisonment.
The court stood TO for the con-
demnation of the prisoner, but found
extenuating circumstances existed.
The crowd outside the court soon
greeted the verdict with cheers for the
army.
When the verdict was read to Drey-
fus he gave not the slightest sign of
emotion, did not utter word and
marched back to prison like an automa-
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KILLED hx n RUNAWAY.

Philadelphia, Sept. II. = Rev. James
G. Caldwell, well-known Presbyterian
minister of this city, was instantly
killed in runaway accident in Ger
mantown. Mr. Caldwell formerly re-
sided at Westchester, Pa. Some years
ago he retired from active work in the
and went to Illinois, where he
engaged in Sunday school work. He
occupied pulpits at Springfield, O., and
Shelbyville, Ind. He resumed his resi-
dence here some time ago. He was born
in Elkins, o., and was 65 years old.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

st. Louis. Sept. s.--The tcrrid weather
was not abated Thursday and the Their
mometer again reached the 100 mark
during the afternoon. Eight deaths
from sunstroke have been recorded Tor
the last two days.
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monia. Mr.. Eustis was taken i'll on
Wednesday, but the local physician
after an examination thought the
trouble to be heart failure.
flames Biddell Eustis was born in New
Orleans, La, In 1884. His mother was a
Louisianian, but his father came from New
England. After being graduated from the
Harvard law school in 1854 Mr.. Eustis prac-
ticed law In New Orleans until the civil
war, when he entered the confederate army
as judge advocate. In 1876 he was elected
a United States senator. lie was reelected
in 1885. and in 1898 was appointed by Presi-
dent Cleveland as American minister and
later ambassador to France, a position he
held more than four yearsl
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Four thousand of the Smith family
held reunion at Peapack, N. j., the
other day. All of them trace their an
cestry to certain John Smith, who
came to that part of the country as
boy 100 years ago. Whether he was
relative of John Smith of the Pocahon-
tas love affair is not known.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
s.....tcr the Enemy.

Manila, Sept. s.-Capt. Butler with
three companies of the Third infantry,
a detachment of cavalry and one gun
while upon a reconnaissance mct body
of rebels OF San Rafael. The Americans
scattered the enemy and captured seven
prisoners, five rifles and 300 rounds Of
ammunition. They also destroyed the
rice stored in seven warehouses.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Another crisis" is reported from
Spain. Trouble is brewing because the
young king is nearing his majority and
in three years will be 10, that being the
age at which the constitution of the
country permits him TO take up the
reins and rule. He is neither mentally
nor physically strong enough to rule.
however, and the people desire that the
present queen regent continue to rule
in the kings stead. In the meantime.
Don Carlos is looking over the back
fence and with a wink of the eye says
be may have something to say about the
kingship himself when the time comes.
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-----------------
nf Lightning.

Camargo. Ill. Sept. s.-Af flash of light
ming terrible in its consequences struck
among body of men on the grounds OF
the Fair association here at seven
o'clock Thursday evening while the
fair was in progress. Ten persons were
thrown to the ground, two being in
stantIy killed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

If Miss Helen Gould were to appear
in public decorated with all the badges
and medals she has received since the
beginning of the Spanish-American war
she would rival the commander of the
German army on gala day.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Kobe. Japan. Sept. 12.-The captain
of the United States transport Nor
gan City, which was wrecked Septem-
Der l by striking reef eight miles
from 0nonuchi, says there are good
prospects of saving the vessel and that
divers have been engaged for the pur-
pose OF trying TO float her.
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nnrneh nim.e1f 10 peath.

Waterloo, Ia, Sept. s.-John Miner,
a farmer, living two miles east OF
Waterloo, committed suicide Thursday
afternoon by locking himself in a barn
and setting it on fire. He was seen to
fan into the flames. Bystanders were
unable to rescue him on account OF the
intense heat. The body burned 10
ashes
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A Dnsh of Gayety.

The doomed mIn feared the people who
waited along the way to the scaffold
'See how they stare at me-! he cried,
agonizingly.
Eyes, that's what you might call rubber
ing it int" observed the executioner play
fully, deeming it not amiss to inject an ele-
ment of gayety into this otherwise somber
affair.-Detroit journal.
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Hattie ON the Border.

Bisbee, A. T., Sept. 12.-At Naeo, on
the Mexican border, nine miles from
here, in a battle between cowboys and
Mexican guards one American and one
guard were killed and several were
wounded. The fight occurred Saturday
afternoon. The Americans were the
aggressors, on Mexican territory, and
the arrest and extradition Of four Of
fhem will be asked for.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

There are 400 George Deweys in New
York city. Every one of these babies
has been named for the hero of Manila
bay. No other American, with the pos
sible exception of George Washington.
has been so universally recognized by
having babies named for him as Ad-
miral Dewey. At one time the merry
game went on at the rate of ten day.
There are no distinctions. Rich and
influential parents apparently have as
great delight in honoring Dewey as the
poor and unknown. Many girls have
been named Georgiana Dewey, and n
few have been called Dewiana
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
Trains Collide.

Richmond, Ind, Sept. IL. = freight
and a passenger train on the Indianap-
oils division of the Pennsylvania rail-
road collided few miles west of here.
and Freight Brakeman Garrison wa
killed and six others injured. Loss, So
nnn or more.
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nankcrs Adjourn.

Cleveland, o., Sept. s.-The bankers
convention adjourned Thursday after
one of the most successful sessions in
it's history. The next session will prob
ably be held in Richmond, Va. The
executive council will meet in February
to finally decide. Many addresses were
delivered on Thursday. Walker Hill,
of ST. Louis, was elected president.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
WIN Attend Devey Celebration,

Burlington, VT Sept. Q. - Charles
Dewey, brother of Admiral Dewey. viii
70 to New York for the celebration at
tending the arrival of the admiral in
that city. Eight or ten other relatives
Of the admiral win also be present on
the occasion
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meath AT n Banauet.

New York, Sept. s.-Richard b. Leech,
Of Brooklyn, died suddenly Thursday
night just as he finished his address at
a banquet of the Forty-eighth New York
volunteers at a Brighton Beach hotel.
He was "a years old. During the civil
war he was in the service of the United
States as paymaster's clerk in the At
lantic squadron under Admiral Du-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14

Chicago, Sept. Announcement
was made Monday that the American
Switch company is preparing to break
ground for the erection of two large
plants, one in Chicago and one in Jersey
City, at a cost of 81, 0o0, 900 each.
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Tbrec Miner. KILLED.

Paramount, w. Va, Sept. .. - Three
miners, Fred Hamilton, Clarence Har-
desty and Eliza Powers, lost their lives IN
Highland mines, near here, the result
Of a powder explosion, followed by
fire started by the falling of lamp in
a keg of powder.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
JAMES B. EUSTIS DEAD.
Ex-Ambnssndor to France Expires
of Pneumonia ut New
port, Il. 1.

Newport, r. l., Sept. Thames b.
Eustis, ambassador to France during
the second Cleveland administration
and formerly senator from Louisiana,
died at his summer home in this city at
eight o'clock Saturday night of pneu-
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The ConcIusion.

"And YOU say the idiot of teacher told
YOU that you had an extravagant fool of
father"
That's what he meant"
''But what did he say?"
Gle said it was criminal folly to waste
money on the education Of such a chump
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