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DOINGS or 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 ALI Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

Throughout its entire session the
United States senate on the 9th had I'M
der consideration the legislative. exec
utiye and judicial appropriation bill.
In the house the sundry civil appropri-
alton bill was under discussion, but no
conclusion was reached. Before final
adjournment a number of minor bills
were passed by unanimous consent.
During the entire session of the
United States senate on the 10th the
legislative, executive and judicial APP
preparation bin was discussed. \ house
bill to establish a national military
park at Nicksburg was passed. In the
house, general debate on the sundry
civil appropriation was concluded. At
the night session 81 private pension
bills were passed, among them being
bills TO pension Letitia Tyler Semple,
the daughter Of President Tyler, at $50
month, and ex-senator John NJ. Pal
mer, Of Illinois, at the rate of $50 per
month.
4 resolution was passed in the
United States senate on the 18th to re-
imburse the states for expenditures in
CURED in aiding to raise the volunteer
army in the war with Spain. The legis-
Iatiye appropriation bill was passed
and it was decided to vote on the Me
Emery resolution concerning the policy
of the United States in the Philippines
on the 14th. In the house, after the
passage of n few bills of minor i'm
portance, tributes were paid to the
late Nelson Dingley, of Maine.
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FATAL RAILWAY WRECKS.
Pittsburgh-Fate of an Engin-
eer and His Son.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. 14.-Train No.
2 on the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie rail-
road, which left Cleveland at 11:1s a,
M, was wrecked Monday afternoon
near Fleming Park. opposite Davis is
land. The fireman was injured so that
he died and II passengers were badly
injured. w. A. Campbell, the fireman,
was found lying under the trucks of
the baggage ear. He died before med
zeal aid could be summoned. The wreck
was caused by broken rail. The train
was running at a high rate of speed
required by the schedule and the loco
motive and several cars were badly
damaged.
Lancaster, Pa, Feb. IA fatal rail-
road wreck occurred Monday afternoon
at Gallagherville. three miles west OF
bennington. The second section of the
fast line east crashed into the rear of
another passenger train. supposed to
be the Chicago express. Engineer Jo-
seph Smith and Fireman Corson were
killed outright. Smith is pinned down
under the engine. A number of pas
sengers were injured. 1t is impossible
TO get further particulars of the acct
dent at this point.
Fort Ticonderoga, N. Y. Feb. A.
Delaware & Hudson train No. 4, which
left Montreal Monday morning, was de-
rallied near Cummings station, two
miles south of here, Monday afternoon.
The engine turned over and the engi-
neer, w. S. Combs, and his little boy,
ten years old, were killed. The rest of
the train hands and passengers escaped.
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SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Treaty of Peace Now Awaits the Ac-
ton of SpGiz-Eittle Formal
ity Observed.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE official
copy of the treaty of peace with Spain,
bearing the signatures of the Spanish
and American commissioners, which
was ratified by the senate last Monday,
as certified by Vice President Hobart,
was signed by the president and Secre-
tary Hay at 1888 o'clock Friday after
noon in the library of the executive
mansion. There was little formality
observed, although number of persons
were present by invitation of the pres
ident. While signing the document the
president and the secretary of state
sat at the round table in the center of
the library. The pen was an ordinary
gold one, which the president frequent
ly uses in his Office work. The cere-
mony occupied only few minutes, and
at its conclusion Secretary Hay replaced
the document in its crimson velvet case
and took it to the state department for
transmission to Madrid.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-16
ERoM WASHINGTON.

The report of the war investigating
commission is now in the hands of the
president.
President Mckinley has appointed
Brig. Gen. Wade, Brig. Gen. Davis and
Col. Gillespie court of inquiry to eN-
anime into charge made 10y Gen Miles
against the administration of war af-
fairs.
The president has signed the peace
treaty.
The death of George P. Fisher, a
member of congress from Delaware
in 1861, occurred in Washington, aged
81 years.
The president has made public the
report of the commission appointed to
investigate the conduct of the war de-
partment 1t finds no fault with the
war department.; says the beef sup
piled TO the army was all that could be
expected; that Gen. Miles charges
were unfounded; that the commissary
department was well managed, and
that the camps were generally good, al
though many of them had to be aban-
doned for specific causes.
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Tacoma, Wash, Feb. ii. - Advices
from the Klondike region state that
Dawson's first dog tram road is in sue
cessful operation. 1t runs from Dawson
TO the forks of El DORADO and Bonanza
creeks, and thence to Bonanza, total
distance of nearly 20 miles. Thirty
thousand dollars were expended in
building the road and placing bridges
over Bonanza creek. The tram com
pany charges one cent pound for all
freight passing over the road. Ten
dogs pull a sled load of 1000 pounds.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

On the 9th the cold wave still con-
tinued throughout the entire country,
and much suffering was experienced.
Nine deaths from freezing were re-
ported in Illinois and adjacent states.
Samuel G.. Meredith died at Indian
apolis, Ind, aged %. lie was the oldest
newspaper publisher in the state.
In a quarrel at Pana, H., Alexander
Ward (colorcd) bad bis throat cut
from ear 10 ear by John Jannings, also
colored
In Denver, Col, a mortgage for $780,
000 600, given to the Central Trust com
paly Of New York by the Colorado &
Southern railway, was filed, revenue
stamps aggregating $35,25o.
The warship Nashville, having on
board the body of Gen. Calixto Garcia,
who died in Washington, arrived in Ha-
yaHa.
Fire destroyed the business portion
of Lexington, Kan, the loss being
100000.
At Belen y. NJ, series Of earth
quake shocks occurred and many peo-
pie betook themselves to prayer and
fasting
Near Fort Gaines, Ga, Aft Boynton
and wife (colored) were assassinated
hy unknown parties.
Fire destroyed the governors man
sion Al Frankfort, Ky
Tn the Baxter stove works at Mans
field, O., an explosion caused fire loss
Of 100000
The only survivor of the Alamo mas
sacre. Nine Candelaria, died in San An
tonic Tex. aged l15years.
Fire nearly wiped out the business
portion Of the village of Pleasant Mills,
Ind,
One lady and two men were baptized
by Rev Wharton. of the Christian
church, in the river at Coal Run, O.
with the thermometer 20 below zero, a
hole being cut in Tile ice for the bap-
tism
In Cleveland the Kelly block was
burned. the loss being Sl50,ooo.
At Coral and Greenville Mich, earth
quake shocks we're felt, houses being
rocked violently
An earthquake shook every house in
the village Of Chesterton, Ind
At the age of 81 years Mark w Dun
ham, millionaire. and owner of one of
the largest and best known stock farms
in the world, died in Chicago
4 cottage at the insane asylum near
Naukton, s D.. was burned, and II
women lost their lives.
Fire destroyed the home of Anton
Bader. near Paris Mich, and his wife
and two-year-old son persisted in the
flames
Gen Gomez, commander in chief of
the Cuban army. arrived in Havana
and grand reception and banquet
was given in his homer.
Since the occupation 81 Santiago by
the military forces Of the United
States on IuIy IS.tS0S. 10 December -,
1888 .he total receipts derived fre'n an
-oWrct~ arauni ID SIS SAG =
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MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The last treadmill has disappeared
from English prisons.
Five million women are engaged in
paid occupations in the British islands.
An order expelling Asiatic traders
from the Transvaal win be put in force
shortly.
Rochester has been admitted to the
Eastern Baseball league, completing
the circuit.
Miss Helen Gould has read law ex-
tensively and did she so desire could
practice in the courts of New York.
a telegraph line across Africa will
soon be built, regardless of the success
of the Cape-to-Cair railway scheme.
England is the only one of the great
European states in which a career and
fair treatment are open 10 a Hebrew.
Ore assaying 20 to Oper cent. copper
and $50 ounces of silver to the ton is re-
ported to have been found in Montrose
county, Col.
John w. Price, at the age of SO years,
walked out of the penitentiary in Balti-
more a free man. Price has spent al
together 33 years behind prison bars.
Consul McCook reports from Dawson
City the discovery of platinum in large
quantities in the black sand that forms
the beds of the streams in the Yukon
district.
Lord Dufferin recently stated in a
public address in London that excessive
drinking and the use Of stimulants to
make toll easier had become the great
est curse of the age.
The Nebraska house adopted resolu-
ton indorsing the votes of Senators
Allen and Thurston on the peace treaty
and declaring Mckinley the greatest
president since Lincoln.
Jesse H. Buunell, who was in the
United States military telegraph serv-
ice during the civil war and who was
widely known at that time as Eight
ming" sender, died at his home in Brook
Ign, n. Y.
The report that the Carnegie Steel
company had purchased the railway
and vessel interests of John D. Rookie
Teller on the great lakes, and that Mr..
Rockefeller would retire entirely from
the lake business, is denied.
Trolley cars are to invade the land of
the Pharaohs Negotiations have been
closed by the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company in Pitts
burgh for the equipment of IA cars OF
the ordinary trolley type for'use in the
city of Cairo,
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Frankfort, Ky, Feb 1.-THE gov
errors mansion was destroyed by fire
at noon Friday. An early fire was ex-
tinguished, but it broke out again at
1880. The fremen were so disabled by
the intense cold, TO which trouble was
added frozen pipes, cutting off the
water supply. While most of Gov. Brad
ley's valuable personal effects were
saved his personal loss is at least $1,000,
not including the destruction of his
elaborate collection of political litera-
ture
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BAD FIRE IN CHICAGO.
Book and Stationery Firm of A. c.
McClurg 81 Co. Suffers IA Loss
of $3.50, 900.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-Fire Sunday de-
stroyed the five-story brick building on
the northwest corner Of Madison street
and Wabash avenue, occupied by the
book and stationery firm of A. c. Nc
Clurg & Co., entailing loss of $650,o0o,
of which 100000 is on stock. Mandel
Bros dry goods store, adjoining in the
rear, was damaged $4,000. The fire
was caused by an explosion of gas from
a leaking pipe on the third floor. Zero
weather hindered the firemen, many of
whom were severely frostbitten.
Frozen water mains checked the supply
of water. McClurg's stock was insured
for S35O.OOO.
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All Rescued,

Chicago, Feb. 14.-After being adrift
on an ice foe in Lake Michigan for over
IS hours, the five people who were car
ried out Sunday evening by the break
ing of the ice were rescued, and 1t is not
expected that any of them will be much
the worse for the experience Young
Arthur Fletcher, who made a herioc
effort to bring them ashore in his boat,
and who padded around all night in
the frail craft, did not fare so well, both
his feet being badly frozen. 1t is ex-
pected that he will be a cripple for life.
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ANOTHER CITY TAKEN
Iloilo, Capital of Island of Panay,
Captured by Gen. Miller.
Rebels Fire the Town Before Evac-
uating It-No Losses Among
Our Troops Fall of
MalahOn.

Manila, Feb. 1.-THE United States
forces under Brig Gen. Miller cap
tured noilo. capital of the island of
Panay, and the seat of the so-called gov
eminent of the Visayas federation, on
Saturday last after a bombardment.
The rebels set the town on fire before
evacuating it, but the American troops
extinguished the flames. There were
no casualties on the American side.
Qloilo is the chief city OF the island OF
Panay. and next to Manila the largest city
in the Philippines. 1t Is 1886 miles south OF
Manila, and 1t situated on a fiat, sandy
point of land which juts out into the water.
The Notifications of the town are prac-
tically worthless. The old fort which for
merry commanded the harbor has only
few guns, which were hastily mounted up
on 1t by the insurgents. The stone breast
works extending along the beaches around
the city are OF little value for defensive
purposes The island OF Panay has an
area of 4,540 square miles. II is divided into
three provinces-Capiz to the north. Iloilo
to the southwest and Antique to the
southwest. In general the island is wild,
with very high coasts, except in the north
western part, which is somewhat marshy.
mountain chain crosses the island)
Pleases the President.
Washington, Feb. lathe dispatch
announcing the capture by the Ameri-
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Wenzill Hayer, of the town of Me-
quon. was found at his home with his
head blown to pieces. Not having been
seen for some time his neighbors went
TO the house and made the discovery.
From appearances he must have been
dead for over week. An inquest was
held and up TO the present time the
jury has not agreed whether it was a
case Of suicide or a murder. Hayer was
rs years old, unmarried and lived alone
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Fatal Fire in an Asylum.

Omaha, Neb., Feb. ia Bee special
from Yankton, S. D., says: One of the
most horrifying fires in the history of
Yankton occurred Sunday morning at
two o'clock at the state insane asylum
when one of the cottages took fire in the
basement, completely cutting the
building and causing the loss of lives Of
II of the inmates confined there. The
asylum in 1882, then frame build
ing, was destroyed and only six Ii es
lost except for loss of property. 1t was
in no sense an instance to this fire.
Total loss on building and machinery
is estimated TO be $4,000. No insur-
ance whatever
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Lord 1ere.ford Arrives.

San Francisco, Feb. 13.-Lord Charles
Beresford, admiral of the British navy
and special trade commissioner of the
London board of trade, who has been
making a study of the trade conditions
in the orient with particular reference
to the maintenance of the open-door
policy in China, arrived here Friday on
the japanese steamer America Maru.
His present plan is to remain here few
days and then proceed TO Chicago, New
York and Washington. He proposes to
ascertain for himself the sentiment of
the American people on the open
door" policy
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
VIII TEST CiviI Rigbts Jaw.

The right of colored people TO attend
public places of amusement under the
laws of Wisconsin is TO be tested.
Rachel and Clara Black are the daugh-
ters of a colored barber, Alfred Black.
The young women visited the Century
roller skating rink one night as spec
tatOrs. The next day they received a
note requesting them TO discontinue
their visits. They went again and were
invited to leave, which they did. The
reason assigned by the management of
the rink is that they had established a
rule not to let colored people frequent
the place. The girls accordingly have
retained a LAWYER and will sue.
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f. G. Mullen, chief inspector for the
department of public lands, has sub
mitted his report fcr the four years end
ed December 80, 1898, 10 the legislature.
The report cites 1o4 cases of trespass on
public lands. of which A have been set
tied for the aggregate sum of $22,o991l.
OF the state park lands 10, S53 acres have
been sold for $133,S76; there remains
unsold 46, III acres, the appraised value
of which is S212 1874
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Hnnpch Himself.

George Scofield, son of Gov. Scofield,
while coming out from one of the camps
of the Scofield Lumber company near
Armstrong creek found the body of
William Winter, Marinette man. hang
ing from windfall Winter left note
saying that he did the deed himself for
the good of his friends. He had intiu-
entail relatives in Marinette and held
an important position with the com
pany by whom he was employed.
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Gottlob Rink, a New Brunswick On.
- gunsmith, claims to have new
motor that the force of gravity will
operate The weight Of cars equipped
with his motor viii operate the motor
and carry the train up any grade, Each
passenger, by increasing the weight,
viii add to the power of the motor. Fat
men viii be given inducements to
travel, and the heavier your freight is
the less the bill This is an age of
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Herr Dolffs, former president of the
Prussian chamber of deputies. died in
Berlin, aged 81 years,
Dispatches from the orient state that
the Chinese rebels in Formosa were
gaining strength, and that many cit
les were being looted.
In raid by Chinese rebels on the
town of kuei-Fu several hundred chill
dren under the care of Roman Catho-
lies were seized and drowned.
Spain's government has decided not
TO sell the Caroline islands.
American forces made combined at
tack upon Caloocan and reduced it in
short order. The Filipinos suffered
heavy loss, but the American loss was
very slight.
In Spain forest fires destroyed sew
cral villages and hamlets.
Don Carlos has instructed his agents
10 stop the agitation on his behalf in
Spain.
The steamer Martello encountered
fierce storms on her voyage from New
York TO Hull, England, and her chief
officer and boatswain were killed and
a quartermaster and seaman were
drowned.
In Toronto, Ont, Gowans, Kent q
Co., crockery and glassware dealers,
suffered a loss of 5000, 900 by fire.
The British steamer Arno foundered
in gale off Nab lightship and 13 men
were drowned
American troops captured Malabon,
one Of the insurgent stronghOlds in the
Philippines. after hard fight, in which
the American loss was two killed and
nine wounded. The insurgent loss was
heavy.
The death Of Julius Kossak, recog-
nized as the greatest Austrian painter
in water coIors, occurred in Cracow at
the age of a.
In a speech in the reichstag in Ber-
lin Minister of Foreign Affairs Won
Buelow declared that Germany and
America were the best of friends, de-
spite articles in German and American
papers.
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An Imnnrtnntnecision.

A decision of the greatest importance
in bankruptcy proceedings throughout
the country has been handed down by
Judge Seaman in the United States
circuit court in Milwaukee. The court
holds that the file of a petition in bank
ruptcy valves the constitutional priv
ilege of refusing to give testimony un-
der the plea that it may tend to Grim
mate himself
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nnnkerr Arrested.

John Shafer and John II. Spengler,
who have been doing general mer-
chandise business at Dorchester and
running a private bank in connection,
and who made a voluntary assignment
a month ago, were arrested at Dor
chester, charged with accepting de-
posts in their bank after knowing of
its insolvency. The deposits in the
bank amounted TO about $4,000 and it
is claimed that the assets will not eX-
coed $4,000
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Their Faith Was strong.

Marietta, o., Feb. 11.-With the Their
mometer at 20 below zero at nine
o'clock Thursday night, one lady and
two men were baptized by Rev. Whar-
ton, of the Christian church, at Coal
Run on the Muskingum river. A hole
was cut in the ice on the river and the
candidates for baptism immersed.
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He Chose Death.

Valparaiso, Feb. 1O.--A dispatch re-
ceived from Bolivia says that 1000 In
dams recently surrounded the Corocoro
mining works, which is the property of
Chilians, and ransacked all the houses
The manager of the works, his wife and
an official, tried to make their escape.
On the refusal of the Indians to accept
their offer of $4,000 to spare their lives,
the manager shot his wife and the of
fetal and then committed suicide.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-02-16

After the war of 1859, when Napoleon
III crossed the Alps with his army to
fight against Austria for the sake of
italian unity and independence, fuud
was raised by Italy to erect a monu-
ment in his honor Barzughi. Ital-
ian sculptor, modelled magnificent
equestrian statue Political conditions
changed and With them popular seuti-
ment. and the statue was slowed in the
courtyard Of palace in Milan and has
remained there all these years covered
bv dust aud cohWebs. \ movement has
row been started to erect tbe statue
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just before Senator Nor i'll. Of Yer
mont, left the senate, never to return,
some one sent him handsome silver
soup tureen, which had been taken
from the Spanish warship Cristobal
Colon. Engraved on the dish were the
ships initials, c. c. "Tbat stands for
Charlie Clark, so III give the tureen to
him" said the senator. So it comes
that Capt Clark, Of the Oregon, now
has The former soup tureen Of the
triStoba1 Colon.
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German geographers are usually
credited with the closest computation
Of the worlds population. Their latest
figures are 100000, 900, an addition Of
10000 600 in the past seven years. An
increase is found in nearly every part
OF Ire world, but it is mostrapid in civ
ilized countries.
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Washington, Feb. 13.-Horace A. Tay-
lor, of Madison, Wis, editor of the Wis
consin State Journal, will probably be
appointed assistant secretary of the
treasury TO succeed W. B. Howell, of
New Jersey, who has just been ap-
pointed a member of the board of gem
sral appraisers in New York. Mr.. Tay-
lor was an applicant for the office of
superintendent of the census and the
Office of librarian of congress.
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Thomas /. Peudcl, white house
guard, has been on duty for "a years.
lie Iet President Lincoln out Of the eN-
ecutive mansion the last night he went
out alive, and was the last to bid Presi-
dent Garfield good-by when the latter
started for the railroad depot where lie
was assassiuateG.
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Mother and babe Burned to Death.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. 13.-Mrs. Agnes
Neuner, "a years of age, and her nine
months-old baby were fatally burned at
their home on Dante alley. John
Neuner, the woman's husband, was
badly burned about the hands and over
come by smoke and heat in trying 10
save his family. Two other small chill
dren were taken out of the building
safely. The cause of the fire is mys-
fsry