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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-03-23

Two earthquake shocks were felt at
Vincennes, Ind.
At her home in Fond du Lac, Wis,
Charity Jane Robinson celebrated her
one hundred and first birthday.
At independence, Kan. English CAPT
talists have organized a company with
a capital of $2500OO, 900, to compete
with the Standard Oil company.
In a cyclone near Edwardsville, Ala,
IL persons were killed and IS injured.
Ten of the dead are Lewis Coffee and
his wife and children. The cyclone
swept the country for 10 miles and its
path was from 100 to 200 yards wide.
A cyclone swept away every building
in Rob Roy, Ark, town of 800 inhabi-
tants.
At Knoxville, Tenn, where he was
visiting. William j. Bryan celebrated
the thirty-eighth anniversary of his
birth.
Gov. Barnes vetoed 65 of the 50 bills
passed by the Oklahoma Legislature,
only "a becoming laws.
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Deadly Battle In Arkansas.

Hot Springs, Ark, March II. - A
shooting affray occurred here at $50
Thursday afternoon which resulted in
the death of five men and the serious
wounding of two others, one OF whom
is not expected to live. The killed are;
Thomas Toler, chief of police; j. E..
Hart, city detective; Thomas F. Cos
lee, police sergeant; John Williams,
son of Sheriff Williams; Louis Hinkle.
driver of brewery wagon. Ed Spears
was shot in the neck and may die. The
shooting was the result of feeling
growing out of the mayoralty contest
which was under way here.
Hot Springs, Ark, March 20.-The
coroner's jury on the riot of Thursday
last in which five men were killed, rem
dered verdict against Sheriff Will
liams and Deputy Sheriffs Coffee Will
liams. Ed Spears and Will Watt, hold
ing that the killings were not justified
and committing the above men to jail
to await the grand jury.
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BACK TO CHICAGO.
The Court of Inquiry Completes Its
work of investigation at Fort
LeayenwOrth.

Leavenworth, Kan, March 20.-The
army beef court of inquiry concluded
the taking of testimony al Fort Leayen-
worth at noon Sunday and at 4:15, de-
parted for Chicago, where the sessions
will be resumed this morning. The
sole witness examined was Sergeant
Edward Mason, troop A, First United
States cavalry, located at Fort Robin
son, Neb., who served as regimental
commissary sergeant at Lakeland, Fla,
and during the Cuban campaign. Ser
geant Mason's testimony was probably
the most direct that has been adduced
since the court left Chicago, witness de-
claring that meat received at Lakeland
for use in his regiment was ''un-
doubtedly chemically treated An
agent of Armour q Co., he further tes-
tilted, told me at the time that this
meat had been treated with what was
called preservaline." Witness had re-
fused to accept the meat. Sergeant Ma
son was Intercepted individually by
each member Of the court, and could not
be shaken, inIhs testimony.
Chicago March 21.-The government
court Of inquiry returned from Fort
Leavenworth Monday morning, and
after some delay resumed the exam
nation Of witnesses in the matter of
canned and refrigerated beef. 1t IS
probable that the court will remain
in session in Chicago two or three days.
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Oregon Arrives at Manila.
MEETS DEATH QUIETLY.
Mrs. Martha, Place EIectrOcuted at
Sing Sing for the Murder of
Her stepdaughter.

New York, March 21.-Mrs. Martha
Place was executed at Sing Sing prison
Monday. She was the first woman to
die in the electric chair in the state of
New York, and she went to her death
quietly. Her death was instantaneous;
but two shocks were given. State Elec-
trician Davis threw down the lever at
exactly 1901 a. m. The voltage of the
current was 1,76O, and it was continued
for four seconds. 1t was then gradual
~ diminished to 200 voltage. which was
continued for SO seconds, Dr.. Irvine,
the physician of the prison, examined
the woman and then ordered a second
shock That was the same as the first
in power and continued for the same
length of time.
Mrs. Place murdered her stepdaugh-
ter, Ida NJ. Place, a mere girl, on Febru-
airy Z, 1895 She first threw acid in the
girls eyes and then smothered her.
This was early in the morning, in their
home in Brooklyn. She waited the en-
tire day for her husband to return, and
then attacked him with an ak, fractur-
ing his skull and otherwise seriously
iniuring him. Place, however, recov-
cred
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SIGNS THE PEACE TREATY.
The Queen Regent of Spain Afiixes
Her Name TO tho Important
Document.

Madrid, March Is. - The queen re-
gent has signed the treaty of peace be-
tween Spain and the United States.
The next step must be taken by
Spain; that is, she must name her spe
cial envoy and notify the United States
government of the probable date upon
which he will present himself in Wash
ington with the exchange copy of the
treaty of peace. Although in most in
stances little more than perfunctory
ceremony, in the case of the exchange
of notifications of this treaty the de-
tails will be of more than ordinary in
terest, for the occasion win be his
torical.
The signed treaty Of peace will be
forwarded to the French ambassador
at Washington, NJ. Jules Cahbon for
exchange with the one signed by Pres
ident Mckinley No decree on the sub
ject will be published in the official Ga
zette.
The draft of the treaty of peace be-
tween Spain and the United States was
signed in Paris on December 10. 1898. 1t
was approved by the United States SEN
ate by vote of 81 to 81, ON February g.
and was signed by the president on
February 10.
Madrid March 1?.-The queen regent
has signed the DEGREES dissolving the
cortes, convoking the new parliament
and authorizing the payment of arrears
of pay to the repatriated troops.
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old age, with its attendant weaknesses.
His heart, it is also said, had troubled
him for the last two years and heart
failure was presumably a complication
Fastening the end.
Joseph Medill was born IN St John, N
b., April 6, 1923 His parents, who were of
Scotch-Irish descent, moved to Stark coun-
ty, O., IN 1881. esta blishing themselves upon
a small farm near Massillon. Joseph helped
his father with the work and made his
pocket money by getting up clubs of sub
scribers for the New York Weekly TT ibune,
which at that time was read by many of
the farmers throughout the country. A, G..
Wales Quaker neighbor, had a library
which he placed at the young mans dis
posal, and it was not long before the con-
tents of every book on the shelves were
mastered.
In the winter and spring for several years
he taught school. For few months he
attended the Massillon academy, but his
education was for the most part self-ac-
quired, The law had great attractions for
the young man, and in 1876 he was admitted
to the bar in New Philadelphia, O.. his part
ner being George ". McIlvaine, afterward
chief justice of the state
Mr.. Medill did not engage long in the
practice of law. Becoming interested in
politics and having a national bent for
writing he determined TO enter journalism.
In 1S49 he bought the Coshocton Wing,
which he renamed the Republican. N was
a free-soil whig paper. In 1853 this journal
was consolidated with another free-soil pa
per called the Free Democrat and rechris-
tened the Leader. Its ONCE was in CleYe-
land. About the same time Mr.. Medill
gave material assistance in founding the
republican party in. Ohio.
In the winter of 1886 Mr.. Medill sold his
interest in the Leader to Mr.. Edwin Cowles
and coming to Chicago in May bought a
large interest in the Chicago Tribune, a
paper which was then almost bankrupt. IT
was placed on a paying basis by the new
owners. In 1874 Mr.. Medill secured full con-
troll of the paper and through it made a
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DOWN ON COLUMBUS.
the Spaniards Would Have
Had No Trouble.

One OF the most delightfully."- humorous as
poets of our late antagonists is their utter
absence Of a sense Of humor. Some Amer-
can jester having predicted that when the
Spanards got through with the war they
would repudiate Christopher Columbus for
having ever discovered America, the Madrid
journals are verifying the prediction by as
sorting with truly lberIan prolundity that
CrIstobal Colon has turned out TO be the
evil genius OF Spain.
1t is evident that If the old mariner had
been content with staying IN the Mediter-
Tanean and had not gone about botherng
monarehs to furnish him the means OF dis
covering the new world Spain would have
no colonies, and having none she could not
lose them. It's III taking the treeks off a
Helander' says the Scotch proverb, and by
the same logic, if it had not been for the
mischievous activity of Columbus Spain
would have been thoroughly guarded against
such disasters as have now befallen her.
But even upon the Spanish method Of
reasoning--th Columbus was at fault and
not the ages of plumber and cruelty which
have wiped out the Spanish ownership 81
nearly 'alf the world-our Madrid friends
forget that Columbus gave them three cen
turtles Of squeezing the colonies that fol-
lowed his discoveries in South America, and
four in Cuba and Porto Rico. Inasmuch as
Columbus was thrown into distavor and
prison while he lived, we should say that
the balance between him and Spain was
still in his favor.-Plttsburgh Dispatch.
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A DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE.
Many Lives Lost and Much Damage
Done Throughout Alabama, Ar
kansas and Mississippi.

Memphis, Tenn, March 20.-A spe-
cial to the Commercial Appeal from
Birmingham, Ala, says: Additional de-
tails of Saturday nights cyclone near
Edwardsville were received here late
Sunday night. The following is list
of the dead, so far as known:
Lewis Coffee, aged IS, tax assessor of
Clebourne county, and the following mem
bers of his family: Mrs. Coffee. aged IS.
Leila, aged p, James, aged 20; Lula, aged
is: Jacob, aged IS; Deveroe, aged S. Dollie,
aged 10; Grover, aged 6; John. aged 4; I'M
known woman, near Hofin.
The wounded number IA.
Lewis Coifee's residence, a strong
double log house situated on little
hill, was in the path of the storm. 1t
was swept away and the timbers scat.
tered for a mile Ten of its IL occu.
pants were instantly killed.
Hickory Flat, Miss, March 20.-A tor.
nado struck this place Saturday, doing
considerable damage TO buildings and
other property. The school building
and two churches were demolished and
25 dwellings blown down or unroofed
Several persons received painful inr
iuries. A family living west of here
lost its dwelling and young woman
was killed On some farms near here
hardly building was left standing.
Little Rock, Ark, March 20.-A tor
nado passed through portions of JEFF
ferson and Desha counties Saturday
afternoon. At Robroy five houses were
blown down and one man killed. The
town of Dumas, in Desha county, was
struck and considerable damage done.
Nearly all the houses in the town were
either blown down or damaged and sew
eral persons were wounded, but so far
as can be learned no lives were lost.
At Walnut Lai4e three persons were
killed.
Atlanta, Ga, March 20.-A cyclone
passed over Burke county at three
o'clock Sunday morning. In the vicin-
ity of Waynesboro four people were
killed. Several houses were demolished
and much damage done
Bismarck, Ala, March 20.-A terrific
windstorm, accompanied by rain and
hail, passed through the extensive plan
tation of Samuel Curry in Chiffon coun-
ty Saturday night Eleven tenement
houses were blown down and two ne
gro boys were killed. Seventeen 9th
er negroes were injured.
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THE HOTEL PoTENTATE.
One of the Old Sort who Wore the
Air of "A Monarch of the
Highest Order.

when | was in business with w. c.
Coup, the famous circus man." said Mr. j.
A. Nhyte, the impresario, we once had
occasion to make a business trip TO the
northwest, and stayed a week or so in a
certain big city, the name of which isn't
essential TO the story. We put up at the
leading hotel, which is one of the finest and
best known in the United States. and would
have enjoyed ourselves if it hadn't been for
the head clerk. lie was one of breed that
has since become obsolete-thank heaveni-.
haughly, disdainful potentate, who con.
sidered 1t beneath his dignity to show the
slightest courtesy to any OF the guests Of
the house. Mr.. Coup, as all who knew him
VIII confirm, was a polished man of the
world, totally careless of money never COM
planning, but accustomed TO punetilious
service He bumped against the majestic
ruler OF the register several times and en-
dured his affronts in silence At last he told
re quietly TO secure quarters at another
hotel, which | was only too glad to do ]
reported that arrangements had been made
and he went down to settle our account
What is our bill, Mr.. KingY he asked
suavely. Ny names not King snapped the
clerk. and proceeded to figure up the
amount Coup took out his pocketbook
Strange he said pensively, but | have
been under the impression all along that
your name was King Well, my name amt
King, retorted the clerk, and | don't know
now You got that idea Nor l. said Coup,
unless it was because you act so much like
one. N o. Times Democrat
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MoB'S BLOODY WORK,
They Storm jail at Palmetto, Ga,
and shoot Nine Negroes
Charged with Arson.

Palmetto. Ga, March IA mob of
masked men stormed the little house
doing service as a Jail here at an early
hour Thursday morning, and shot nine
negroes. Four were killed outright,
and the other five were badly wound
ed. The negroes were held for the
burning of the town, three fires since
January 1 having nearly completely
destroyed it.
The mob rode into the town about
one o'clock The little house which
was being used as Jail since the fire
was near the center of the town. The
guard was called upon TO turn over
the nine negroes held there for trial
on the charge of arson. He refused
and awakened his assistants. They
were quickly overpowered, however,
and with a rush the white caps made
for the prisoners, who had been awak-
ened by the noise outside. They be-
gan begging for mercy, but were shot
down quickly.
The dead are: Bud Cotton, Henry
Bingham, Tip Hutson and Ed Brown.
John Bigby is reported dying The
wounded are: Glenn Watts, shot in the
abdomen; George Taylor. wounded in
thigh; Isham Brown, shot in body,
and John Jamison. arm fractured.
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As Singer of Monaghan Taffy This
NassRl Was winner in
Walk.

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
fringe. Rousng herself presently from her
profound absorption she beckoned 10 a wal
nut-colored person plastered up again ST the
yellow silk tapestry.
I'm Hung. she said, where is the en-
perorE'
Dash yoLr ignominious slave into a mil
hon atoms, oh, ameythyst flower Of the
CELESTIAL kingdom, he responded, lying
fiat on his chest before her, ''but your slave
wotteth not.
"Wot?"
No, most purple of our yellow lilies Of
the Yang Kiang, do not wot where the
emperor is.
And this to me?"
Most beauteous descendant Of all the
gods, your vile slave speaks but the truth,
though he lies here on his very stomach.
He wotteth not where the emperor is"
Slave, dog, canine wretch, scum of the
elbow river, did not tell you what to do"
Truly, most divine of all the gentle, pur-
pie peoples Of Picking, and your slave did it
to the queens taste, so to speak"
Aha then he is deadg"
As a mackerel, Q, yellow anemone of the
crystal sea"
dead?"
How the dickens, most marvellous Of
mandarin matrons, do know where he is
I'm no fortune teller"
Ohio, aha smiled her majesty. again re-
lapslng into thought. bring on another. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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THE EAST.

Secretary of War Alger said in an in
teryiew in New York that the constant
reports that he was 10 retire from the
cabinet were false.
Gov Elisha Dyer, of Providence, and
the other state officers were unanimous
IL renominated by the republicans in
convention in Providence, r. |.
Fire losses in the United States and
Canada in February aggregated $18,
000.0 600. against SIP, 100000 during that
month last year.
At Millbury, Mass, an electric car
jumped off a bridge over a river and
Conductor White and Motormen Shea
and Walsh were drowned.
In the Pennsylvania legislature a
resolution was adopted requesting Gov.
Stone TO name Monday, May /, 1899,
as dewey day" and designate ~the
same as a legal holiday
In the United States there were 1s9
business failures in the seven days
ended on the nth, against 1872 the week
previous and POS in the corresponding
period of 1898.
AT the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges, dur
ing the week ended on the nth aggre-
gated 81 ,s45, 172 $50. against 81 $40, 473,-
027 the previous week. The increase
compared with the corresponding
week in 1898 was 429
Fire destroyed the historic and fash
ionab!e Windsor hotel. Fifth avenue
and Forty-sixth street, New York. and
16 persons were known to have lost
their lives, 43 were missing and 40 were
injured Among those who were killed
were Mrs. Warren Leland. wife of the
proprietor of the hotel. and her daugh-
ter, and Mrs. James S. Kirk wealthy
Chicago widow. Mr.. Leland has, be-
come insane. The property loss is es,
timated al 81 100000.
Reports say that Whitelaw Reid, of
New York, is to be offered the post of
minister to Spain.
On Long Island sound the United
States steamer Pathfinder had her Off
cial trial trip and exceeded her speed re-
quirements
Latest estimates with reference 10
the Windsor hotel fire in New York
place the number of dead at Is; in
jured, "a; missing, 45 1t is suspected
that the fire was the work of thieves.
Flames in the business section of
Amesbury, Mass, caused loss of$4O0,-
COO
DR. Albert S. Gumbart, pastor of the
Dudley Street Baptist church and one
of the most popular and influential
clergymen in Boston, died suddenly,
aged As wears.
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MURDERED AND BURNED.
Awful Fate of Five Little Children
at Hutchinson. kan.-Thefr
Father Under Arrest.

Hutchinson, Kan. March 81. - An
atrocious crime was revealed here Mon
day when the coroner and his assist
ants removed the bodies of five little
children from the house occupied by
John Moore, which burned at an early
hour. Moore was arrested charged with
murder.
The coroners autopsy developed con-
vinciug evidence of an awful crime.
The skull of each child was deeply in
dented, and from the dents long frac-
lures extended. All but one Of the
children had been stabbed in the neck
The throat of the little three-year-old
a pretty boy, had been slashed so deep
that the spinal column had been sew
cred. 1t was upon these facts and the
strange behavior Of the father that the
authorities base their charge of muir
der.
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WEST AMI COUTH

\ mob at Palmetto. Ga, shot nine ne
groeS charged with arson
In Havana six Cuban generals in
command of troops held a meeting and
adopted resolutions against the as
sembly and in favor Of Gomez.
A hurricane at Avondale, Ala, de-
stroyed % houses, three churches.
three machine shops and thousands of
yards OF fencing and many persons
were injured
The Chicago democrats have renom-
mated Carter Harrison for mayor.
The death of Joseph Medill, for al
most half a century editor of the Chi.
cago Tribune and former mayor OF
Chicago, occurred in San Antonio, Tex,
of heart failure in his seventy-sixth
year.
Thomas Toler, chief of police: j. Z.
Hart. city detective; Thomas f. Cos
lee police sergeant, and John Williams
and Louis Hinkle were shot dead in a
political fight at Hot Springs Ark.
Robbers entered Charles II May &.
Co.'S bank at Clio, Mich blew the bank
vault and safe open and stole 81 500
In Peoria, Ill, Andrew Hapeny. an
gered because his wife had secured a
divorce, shot her fatally and then
killed himself.
ExCongressman Hugh r. Belknap,
of Chicago, has been appointed pay
master in the provisional regular army,
with the rank of major.
At the age of II years benjamin p.
Hutchinson, famous for gigantic deals
on the Chicago board of trade and
known the country over as "Old
Hutch" died at Lake Geneva, Wis, of
heart failure.
Bud Price, a negro and Edward
Osterhide were shot and killed by eN-
Detective Jack Williams in a fight over
political candidates in ST. Louis.
The Meade, with $3,oO0,000 in cash
on board which is to be paid to the
Cuban soldiers, arrived in Havana.
The North Carolina legislature be-
fore adjourning took every appoint
ment away from the governor except
that of director of the insane asylum.
At conference in Chicago six men,
representing 90 per cent. of the stove
founders Of the United States, raised
the wages of $4,000 stove molders.
The governor of Georgia is very bit.
term his denuncjation of the Palmetto
affair, in which nine negroes were shot,
and says the perpetrators will be pun.
ished,
The Oldest citizen of Atlanta, Ga,
John s. Prather, Sr., is dead at the age
OF 102 years.
Four men were killed in battle in
Alaska between American and Can.
adiau miners a few miles off the Dal
ton trail.
William Freeman was Killed and &c
Their persons injured in a train wreck
near Nolland. Kan.
In Chicago Adolph Meyer. agent OF
the Equita bic Life Assurance company
and al one time wealthy merchant
in Omaha, was found dead in bed in
his room in a hotel
During fight between the police ana
Gen. Gomez partisans in Havana four
persons were killed and 50 wounded.
The death OF D. Oliver Marcy. deal
Of Northwestern university at Evans
ton, H., and that institutions patri.
arch. occurred at the age of nearly sc
years
The death of Patrick Walsh occurred
at Augusta, Ga, aged 50 years He was
former United States senator from
Georgia mayor OF Augusta and editor
Of the Chronicle.
In Chicago Charles l. Backman. an
engraver. aged -. fatally shot his wife,
aged %. and then killed himself Do
nestle trouble wac the cause.
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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 All Foreign Lands.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON

committee appointed by the Gu
ban military assembly at Havana TO
90 to Washington to secure recogni-
tion will not be recognized in any off,
cial capacity.
Some 60 senators and representa-
tives have accepted invitations from
the Panama Canal company for a trip
to inspect the routes of the proposed
Nicaragua and Panama canals.
1t is held by the comptroller of the
treasury that the men who enlisted in
the regular army or in the volunteer
service for the war with Spain are en-
titled to extra pay.
a dispatch was received at the war
department which indicated that hos
tilitie9 may cease very suddenly in the
Philippines and a collapse of the in
surrection come at any time.
The French ambassador, NJ Cambon,
called at the department of state and
served formal notice of the signature
of the peace treaty of Madrid.
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A Texan AFFAIR.

Columbus, Tex, March ia deputy
sheriff was engaged in an alteration
with man named Scott Thursday
when Scott remarked that if he had n
gun he would fight ExSheriff Reese
offered him revolver, and the shoot
ing began. Reese was killed at the
first fire. Charles Boeme, a by
stander, was also killed and a small
boy named Williams was badly in
jured The trouble had been expected
for some time.